The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (887 page)

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, St
(miracle-worker)
:
Gregory the Illuminator, St
(
c.
240–
c.
325).
Apostle of Armenia. He converted the king Trdat (
c.
238–314) to Christianity, which was forthwith imposed as the official religion of the country. He was later consecrated the first bishop, and the episcopate remained for some generations in his family. The
Armenian Orthodox Church
is sometimes styled ‘Gregorian’.
Grey Earth monastery
(school of Tibetan Buddhism)
:
see
SAKYA
.
G
hastha
(Skt., ‘standing in the home’). In Hinduism, the householder life-stage (
rama
) described in
Manusm
ti
. During the g
hastha
rama, a man establishes a household, raises a family, and pursues worldly goals such as acquisition of wealth. At age 50 the householder is to retire to the forest.

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