Council of Ashtishat

It was decided to establish schools in all of the districts of Armenia to further root Christianity in the country.

These schools would teach in Greek and Syriac, the main languages of education in Armenia in the fourth century.

The teaching of Persian was prohibited and Zoroastrian schools and fire temples were closed.

The council banned pre-Christian practices such as consanguineous marriage, excessive (from a Christian point of view) mourning of the dead.

It provided for the opening of orphanages, poorhouses and hospitals, which would be funded by special taxes collected from towns and farms.