Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of one of the world's oldest Christian churches in an ancient city located in Armenia. On Oct. 11, the University of Münster announced the discovery of a previously unknown church in a press release. Archaeologists also found some fragments of marble imported from the Mediterranean, from which experts determined the church was 'lavishly decorated.' Archaeologists from the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia and the University of Münster in Germany have discovered the remains of one of the oldest Christian churches in the ancient Armenian city of Artaxata, the capital of the kingdom of Armenia for almost six centuries. Researchers believe the church dates back to the fourth century. "Typologically, the find corresponds to early Christian memorial buildings," the press release stated. "In the cross-shaped extensions, the researchers discovered the remains of wooden platforms, which were radiocarbon dated to the mid-fourth century A.D." Dr. Mkrtich H. Zardaryan of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia explained, “Octagonal churches were unknown here until now, but we are very familiar with them from the Eastern Mediterranean region, where they first appeared in the fourth century A.D.” Professor Achim Lichtenberger of the University of Münster added, “The fourth-century building is the oldest archaeologically documented church in the country — sensational evidence for early Christianity in Armenia.” The octagonal building is approximately 100 feet in diameter. The church features a mortar floor and terra-cotta tiles. Archaeologists also found some fragments of marble imported from the Mediterranean, from which experts determined the church was "lavishly decorated." The archaeologists excavated parts of the ancient ruins and studied them by using geophysical methods. The German-Armenian team has been in Armenia since September and will continue excavations in hopes of making new archaeological discoveries. The kingdom of Armenia was the first Christian country in the world. St. Gregory the Illuminator was a fourth-century apostle of Christianity and a prince in Parthia, a historical region located in northeastern Greater Iran. Gregory's father, Anak, allegedly attempted to assassinate the Armenian king and was executed. The Armenian king ordered all of Anak's family to be executed as well. Gregory's caretakers smuggled him out of Armenia and transported him to Cappadocia, in modern Turkey. Gregory was raised by a Christian priest. Gregory became a monk and later returned to Armenia to promote his faith and convert people to Christianity. At the time, the Armenian king Tiridates III was informed that Gregory's father was the man who attempted to assassinate his father. Tiridates III — also known as Tiridates the Great — had Gregory detained, thrown into a pit, and tortured. Legend has it that Tiridates III descended into madness and had a dream that Gregory could heal him. Gregory healed the mad king around 300 A.D. Following the miracle, Tiridates III declared that Armenia would be a Christian nation — the first Christian state in history. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

CNN polling analyst Harry Enten said he was stunned to see the continuing collapse of support for Democrats from black voters in recent polling. "Sometimes there's a trend line I never noticed before, and it makes me go, 'Whoa!'" said Enten. 'This is part of a long-standing trend of young black men moving away from the Democratic Party. Kamala Harris is just the latest to face that magnitude of younger black men going toward Republicans.' "This is one of them. This is the Democratic margin among black men under the age of 45 in presidential elections. You go back to November of 2012, what do you see? You see Obama by 81. Clinton only won them by 63," he explained. "Then we're all the way down to Biden last time around, by 53, a tremendous drop-off already," Enten continued. "And then you take a look at the average of the most recent polls. Kamala Harris is up by only 41 points! That is about half the margin that Obama won them by back in November of 2012."He went on to show that the pattern of decreasing support in the black community for Democrats extended into polling of black males overall, even though Democrats still have far more support from black voters than Republicans do. Even among black women, Harris has historically low support compared to previous Democratic candidates. "This is part of a long-standing trend of young black men moving away from the Democratic Party," Enten concluded. "Kamala Harris is just the latest to face that magnitude of younger black men going toward Republicans."Enten posted video of his comments at CNN to his X account.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Former President Bill Clinton tried to blame Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for the brutal murder of a Georgia nurse allegedly by an illegal alien while Clinton was campaigning for the Harris-Walz ticket. 'Yeah well, if they’d all been properly vetted, that probably wouldn’t have happened.' Clinton criticized lax immigration policies that allegedly led to the death of Laken Riley, but he tried to blame Trump for torpedoing a compromise bill on immigration in February. “[Harris is] the only candidate who has actually endorsed a bill that would hold down immigration in any given year to any certain point and then give people a decent place to live, make sure we didn’t divide people from their children. And we did total vetting before people came in,” Clinton claimed at a fish fry in Georgia. “Now, Trump killed the bill. The bill was written — being written by senior Republicans in the Senate. And he killed the bill. Why? You got a case in Georgia not very long ago," he continued. "They made an ad about it, about a young woman who’d been killed by an immigrant. Yeah well, if they’d all been properly vetted, that probably wouldn’t have happened.”However, the immigration bill failed at the beginning of February while Riley was murdered a few weeks later. If Congress had passed the bill, it almost certainly would have had no effect on Jose Ibarra, the accused illegal immigrant who had entered the country years before the murder. The Trump campaign pounced on Clinton's comments to make it appear as if Clinton were undermining the Harris campaign. "Kamala Harris and extreme House Democrats' embrace of far-left open-border policies even has Bill Clinton saying they went too far," read a statement from Will Reinert, the national press secretary for the National Republican Congressional Committee. "Unfortunately, swing-district House Democrats voted against every reasonable border security bill this Congress that could have saved Laken Riley's life."Ibarra is a Venezuelan national and is scheduled to face trial for the murder charge in November. Republicans were divided on the immigration compromise bill, as some excoriated it as conceding far too much to Democrats while other Republicans said it was being misrepresented. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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