In the 5th century, Mesrop Mashtots created a truly unique alphabet for the Armenian language. This new alphabet was created for the purpose of translating the Bible into Armenian. This gave the common person access to the Bible.

The old Armenian calendar used the base AD 552 on the Julian calendar for year one. This was the date that the Armenian Apostolic Church separated from the

Chaledonian

Churches. Their new calendar had 12 months of 30 days and an extra month to make up the difference. Each month was given a name and each day a separate name.