Historical changes in the religious & legal status of spouses in the Personal Status of Gregory Armenians of Iran

Gregory Armenians of Iran and other regions of the world are proud that in 301 AD Christianity was declared as the official religion in Armenia by order of Tirdad III Parthian (250-330), years before other countries, and as a result, Christian rituals and beliefs in Their civil laws prevailed. Despite this, the special geographical location of Armenia and their forced migrations into Iran and staying in the territory of the Ottoman Empire caused many changes in the composition of its culture, religion and laws, so that despite the small proportion of the Christian population world, have their own identity. This article examines the historical developments of the legal conditions of spouses in the Armenian personal decrees of Gregory of Iran and searches and compares the conditions of spouses, including the circle of sanctity of causal and relative relatives, in Armenian legal classics.The most important sources reviewed in this article include: the Holy Bible, the laws of the apostles, church tradition, decisions of world councils, as well as the book of Dadastan by Makhitar Ghosh and the book of Armenian Church Laws and the provisions of "Personal Status" of Armenians by Malik Tangian. As can be seen in the article, the Armenians of Gregory have the largest circle of incest.