Zoroastrianism in the pre-Christian Armenia

Armenia is considered as one of the oldest Christian countries in the world. But is not entirely clear, what kind of religion Armenians professed in pre-Christian period until the year 301. According to some researchers it was Zoroastrianism, which was a state religion in the neighboring Persian empire at that time. However, due to the shortcomings of sources to talk about the Armenian pre-Christi…