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OF ARMENIA (surnamed Dgha, i.e., "the child"), succeeded to his uncle Nurses IV in 1173. He gained the admiration of his people by his imposing manners. Being charged by the emperor Manuel Comnenus to renew the offer of uniting the churches of Armenia and Greece, he convoked a council at Tarsus in 1178, but, on account of disputes between the parties, the projected union failed of consummation. Gregory IV died in 1193, leaving, Odanaver Oghg (poetical lamentation), on the capture of Jerusalem by Saladin in 1187: — six Letters, which were addressed by him to the emperor Manuel, and the letter of convocation for the Council of Hrhomgla. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.