In 430 Nestor, the bishop, doubted another dogma of Christianity, so called "unity of divine Trinity".

Theological disputes became the screen for simpletons again. In practice a material problem was to be solved: who is to predominate over Mediterranean region - either Byzantium or Egypt. Both parties searched for allies through the Church.

Eusebius ascertained, anticipating those events, that: "… envy didn't loose sight of our welfare; it… caused the bishops to quarrel and, under the pretext of defense, gave rise to disagreement and discord between them. After that, as though out of sparkles, a great fire was set on and, commencing from the head, from Alexandrine Church, spread over the whole Egypt, Lybia and beyond the bounds of Finaida… The look of those events was driven to such indecency that Right Worthy divine doctrine became the most abusive mockery…"

It took a long time for the parties to meet, and the combat was heated. Egyptians won a victory at the Ephesian Council II in 449. They beat the Greeks unmercifully, at that the head of Council kicked one of dissidents with his legs. But Byzantines gained revenge in 451… At that time the Act under which "divinity should more likely be trine than binary" was adopted at Halchidon Council.

Another Grecian horse!

Saint Trinity was present in Turkic religion. Now the Greeks turned to it… The dispute was not finally settled at the Council of Chalcedon and not all Churches accepted the "doctrine of divine Trinity". Debates about Trinity continue until now - Nestorians (Trinity's opponents) remain in Christianity… Entire communities and landed Churches.

How can opinion of another Byzantine politician (or someone else) which failed to settle during a thousand and a half years be considered an essential dogma of world religion? Theologians have to make another decision; it's an internal matter of the Church.

But Turkic understanding of conception of Trinity and trine was completely different. Besides, the Greeks borrowed only exterior form. And again they made a philosophic category absurd.

One would think: why should Polovtsians mind discords in the circles of Christians? After all, they were free in their choice… It turned out that everything was not that simple - everything was too much interrelated.

Europe turned to Heavenly God - Tengri-Khan in IV century. Europeans rejected all other religions - modern as well as ancient - because they realized that Polovtsians won not because of their arm or unknown combat tactics - these were progressing. The force of the Turki was in their spirit! They won due to force of Heavenly God.

To steal a foreign God, that's what Byzantine emperor, dreaming of world supremacy, intended to do. That's why he invented "new" Christianity in which omnipotent God, the Creator of this world, would present. That became the subject of disputes at church Councils; the split in early Christian communities happened for that reason. Everything was made imperceptibly and gradually.

The stealing of God… It thrilled the minds of Byzantium rulers and later of Roman ones.

Tengirchilik was the name of the Turkic religion.

What kind of a belief is it? Why there is not a single word in the church history about it? Why do the describers of European life demonstrate their emphatic ignorance of that ancient religion of mankind?.. Why do they all keep silence presenting the Turki as "nasty Tatars" having no cultural sources?

But in Siberia remained several monuments embodying the Turkic clergy. Ritual inventory was also found… And all that was before the appearance of legends about Christ. Those are very important findings which allow an unprejudiced person to start thinking and to have another look at the roots of European spiritual culture… But there is another thing!

History of Buddhism, for instance. IV Council of I century is described there as well as the split and acceptance of Tengirchilik traditions borrowed from the Turki by some Buddhists (the northern branch). That is really interesting information but unfortunately it is not called for by scientists studying religions.

There is also the history of Armenian, Albanian and Georgian Christian churches where the early period of Christianity is stated otherwise as compared with power-loving Greeks or Romans who have put themselves in the center of the world.

Finally, there are Syrian and Copt churches which also reject supremacy of the Greeks as well as the whole scheme of development of spiritual culture of Europe usual for a European… Independent Persian and Arab chronicles are very interesting…

How can one neglect all these facts?

When and where was the new tradition formed? That tradition split early Christian communities, brought them new ceremonies and gave rise to a new European religion which is known to everybody.

It originated in the Caucasus - in Armenia, to put it more preciously - in the year 301. It is indicative: they suppose that divine service there was performed in Syrian (?) language but according to other ceremonies which wre different as compared with the rest of the Christian world.

However, it is not clear why the Armenians assert that Syrian language was their religious language? And what made them reject it?.. All this is to be confirmed.

And the facts witness of other things.

There are ancient holy books in Armenia which were written in Armenian graphics but in Turkic language. It seems Turkic and not Syrian language was the language of divine service for Armenians for the prayers of early Armenia were written in it (This supposition is in accordance with the history of the Georgian Church. Ancient church written language there was called "khutsuri", it appeared at the same time with Christianity, i.e. in the beginning of IV century. There are thirty-eight letters in it, as well as in Turkic language. An interesting comparison: after the government of David the Builder, who, as we know, invited the Kipchaks to his army, mkhedruli (written language of the warriors) appeared in Georgia, and it also contained thirty-eight letters. By XVIII century the number of the letters was increased up to forty. Those two written languages were notable for the fact the church one was also called "angular" reminding of ancient runes. But according to folk legends written language of the warriors was deemed to be more ancient. There are no direct evidences of Turkic roots of both languages; the question hasn't been investigated by science. But what language could speak the Kipchaks having got Georgia? It is evident that only Turkic. It became the part of the Georgian language.). There are weighty confirmations, but they are to be considered later.

The Armenian Church, as we know, exists since 301 keeping its individuality. Armenian nation scattered over the whole world united around it. Much is known about its sources. For example, in "History of Armenia" by Moses Khorenskiy communication between the Armenians and the Turki is marked from the edge of II century; those Armenians were developing the steppes near Khazar (Caspian). There is information that the Turki waged wars as the mercenaries in the army of Khosroi I, the Armenian ruler.

And Favst Buzand was openly speaking about participation of the Turki in the events connected with establishment of Christianity in flat Caspian region in the beginning of IV century. Armenian, Albanian and Iberian churches were formed then. Patriarchy which united those three first Churches in the world was in Derbent - the world center of "new" Christianity! Byzantium joined them in 311 - 312 and Rome did it much later.

At that time Derbent was under the power of the Turki; Christian churches, the most ancient in the world, remained there!

The beginning of "renewal" of early Christianity was set by Armenian George the Enlightener and his grandson, bishop Gregoris (known as St. George). His speech gave rise to spiritual communication between "Western" and "Eastern" cultures, which led to the traditional Christianity.

A grand event. It didn't leave without a trace. It was fixed not only by historians but also by people's memory which turns all important events into legends. In the beginning of IV century the first version of the legend about St. George appeared, apparently.

Mythological interpretation was put on a strict historical base in it.

And the church biography of St. George provides only mythical information. It is not in accordance with historic reality. Everything is invented there: all events are fragrantly contradictory. However, it can also be explained.

In the year 494 at the Roman Council I Gelacius, the Pope, prohibited to mention the name and deeds of that saint. For that reason it is not known that St. George was the first European who accepted Heavenly God and acquainted Europe with Him. He was the first Christian who was christened with water. George is the only saint being recognized by both: Christians and Moslems. (Khyzri, Djirdjis, Khyzr-Ilias are the Moslem names).

This information was dangerous for Rome and for Byzantium as well. Because it contained the truth about the Turki and their culture. Thus they prohibited even to mention the name and the deeds of the great saint who, having visited the Kipchaks, opened the knowledge of the divine Truth to the western world.

The fate of George and the fate of Gregoris, the Armenian bishop, are strangely similar. It is one and the same person: "Gregoris" is the secular name of St. George. (The tradition to change secular names for the church ones appeared in VI century. The name "George" instead of former "Gregoris" appeared at that time.)

Constantine, the Byzantine emperor, built a church in his honor in IV century - this fact is fixed in history of the Church. As well as another fact: this church is known as St. George Church since VI century!..

In later legends about St. George historical reality is evident: a serpent was the symbol of the Turki in medieval Europe. Peaceful nature of their "duel" (there was a theological dialogue, apparently?) is witnessed by the early text of the legend, the story by the ancient chronicler Favst Buzand and Apocrypha… Ecclesiastics were met! This fact is described in the appendix to this book in detail.

In the beginning of IV century, due to the Turki, Transcaucasia was no longer a Roman colony.

Divine afflatus of George the Enlightener gave rise to a "new", "traditional" Christianity here (it is confirmed by the famous decree of the Roman emperor Galerius of the year 311). Armenians were the first ones who recognized the Turki as God's servants! They understood that, having accepted the Turkic God, they could get a strong ally. Bishop Gregoris went to search for a spiritual union which could have consolidated the military one.

Later the Turki were also visited by an Armenian bishop Kardost and an embassy of seven clergies headed by him. They lived for 14 years with the Kipchaks and issued "The Scripture in Hun Language". Bishop Kardost was changed by bishop Makar. A representative of the Armenian Church was permanently living in Derbent, and an Armenian quarter appeared in the city… This information makes one sure that only the Turkic language could be religious in Armenia. It wasn't forgotten until VI - VII centuries.

Armenians adopted a lot from the Turki at that time. For example, they still cross themselves according to Tengirchilik traditions putting two fingers together - a thumb and a third finger. That is the symbol of pacification in the East. Armenian Church also retained other traditions of Tengirchilik. But the most important thing is that it has been always acting in defence of the purest look of Heavenly God. That is an undoubted feat of the wise Armenian clergy. Armenian nation is one of the few which opposed to the strong pressure of the Greek and didn't equal Christ to Tengri! They retained their Church in primeval purity. They even still have a cross of Tengirchilik. And that should give rise to admiration.

The head of Armenian apostolic church carried a Tengirchilik rod with two serpents through the centuries. And the title granted by the Turki some time. "Catholicos" (without a Greek "-os" ending, of course) is translated from ancient Turkic as "ally", "companion"… Alas, that is a forgotten history. The history of union of East and West - the Turki and the Armenians were the first in it.

And what kind of belief is it - Tengirchilik?

According to Jean-Paul Rus, the famous expert in the religions, the Turki who lived in Altai worshipped "heaven man", "sun man" - Tengri - long before the Common Era. Chinese historians mark the appearance of the cult of Tengri with the Turki not later than in V - III centuries B.C. Rock paintings with religious themes fully confirm the information provided by the French scientist and Chinese chronicles…Everything seems to be in its right place, everything is known, everything was fixed in different and independent sources. But… it is neglected for some reason.

Although Tengri-Khan has never been the spiritual property of the Turki. He is the priceless wealth of other nations of the Central Asia. Its image is the most ancient mythological image of the East. For he is the spirit of heaven. The lord of heaven and of the world.

The Turki say "Tengri" or "Tangri", the Buryats - "Tangari", the Mongolians - "Tanger", the Chuvashes - "Tura". The Turki themselves have several variants of pronunciation of his name: from "Danyir", "Dandyr" to "Donar"… The sounds seem to be different, but the sense of the word is the same for all nations: the spirit, male divine origin. The title "khan" points to its superior role in the Universe.

For the Eastern culture hierarchy of celestials is obligatory. (The same as the hierarchy of masters of the nether world). For the Turki heaven was divided into nine circles; and a deep sense was seen in it. Hence is hierarchy in the churches - Tengirchilik clergy had nine ranks. Everything is from God. Everything is the same with God.

Each circle of heaven reflected a dichotomy (i.e. division by two): light and dark, benevolent and demonic. It means God can be kind and strict, saving and retributive. He sees everything; and human fate depends only upon him, God will treat him according to his deeds and thoughts.

And that is the deep wisdom of Tengirchilik religion; it doesn't humiliate man, it raises him, it prepares him for a deed, for a treat. Anyone of us makes himself happy or unhappy by his conduct. Our sorrow and joy come for ourselves… For one cannon deceive God. He is the High Judge and he rewards according to the merits.

A simple wisdom. The Buddhists were the first who comprehended the profundity of that simple philosophy. And they accepted it. Nowhere, in neither country of the world, there is another wisdom as clear as that one… Of course, Turkic religion wasn't formed right away; it was developing gradually until the number of circles reached nine.

Nine was the figure of Tengri. Three is contained three times in it; here it is - the image of Divine Trinity united in three shapes. The Turki comprehended the Trinity as the space of spirit: contemplating, saving and retributive God in one shape. He is one but he shows himself in different ways. People knew: God sees everything and it depends upon your deeds whether he is going to save you or to punish.

The Christians, knowing no basics of theology (and maybe knowingly!) disfigured the Trinity of Tengirchilik. At first they made it "double" having equated Christ to God. Then their "Trinity" appeared. And later the fourth element was added to it, and the whole conception of monotheism was left out…

The Turki ascribed natural, superhuman forces only to will of Tengri. That's why He was called the Most High. If He wishes man can move mountains. Even feelings and passion are given to man by will of omnipotent Tengri - the Lord of the world. Indeed, everything is from Him: "Good and evil, poverty and wealth are given only by God". The Turki used to cut these words with the runes on rocks as an oath - everybody, young and old, remembered that first commandment of life.

"Akhta chin ash Izhesi…", i.e. "Father, God of spiritual food…" - was the beginning of an ancient Turkic prayer in the name of the Most High Tengri.

And cannot those sounds being holy for an ancient Turki be recognized in the Russian prayer "Our Father…"?.. An interesting question, isn't it?.. It could have interested the theologians and they, having access to old church literature, could have reconstructed the whole text of the prayer. In old times it was read only in Turkic language in Russia.

There is a work by G. Derfer, the German scientist, relating to this point; he traced the formation of the term "Tengri" from its early shaman image to the highest form of development. In the opinion of the scientist one of the first monotheistic religions of mankind is in question. If not the very first.

Turkic spiritual culture gave rise to a philosophical construction which is known as a religion nowadays: spirit dominates, not a subject.

The Europeans didn't completely understand the idea of monotheism and they still don't. In many respects it is explained by the pagan traditions of the Ancient Greece and Rome to which polytheism was peculiar; they couldn't abandon the ancient traditions. (Stereotype of thinking mattered!) Hence is a disfigured understanding of Trinity and the term "Heavenly God" in Christianity… Hence is deification of hundreds and hundreds of saints whose deeds one can hardly remember now.

It is interesting that the words Father God appeared in the IV century in Christianity; there weren't and there aren't such words in Judaism. Thus the Christians used to call the Judaic tsar David from whom Jesus Christ was supposed to originate; he is called David's son in the Bible. It turns out Heavenly God wasn't in question in communities of the early Christians. A concrete person was in question! A living person - tsar David.

Literally: religion of the Kipchaks opened the way to understanding of the divine truth.

… Tengri traditions are eternal. Some time the clergy and the pulpit controlled compliance therewith. Tengirchilik religion had its canon. S. N. Atabaev, the Kazakh professor, has done a lot for investigation of Turkic spiritual culture; unfortunately his works are not known to public. Another Kazakh professor, B. E. Kumekov, really succeeded in research of the Kipchak culture. There are other works by other researchers… No, Tengirchilik is not a blank page of science.

Unfortunately, the Turki were too self-assured and too careless with others; they lived holding a hope for better future not realizing that the future won't come by itself; it should be created, one should work at it. Ideology, even if it is really good, requires efforts: trees in the garden are to be treated for vermin spoil big trees.

Having recognized Christ as Tengri's son, the Turki created their Christian Church in IV century to please their allies (the Church of Caucasian Albania is in question, apparently), its representative attended Ecumenical Council II in 381, which was fixed in the acts of the Council. Certainly he was at the Council of 325.

The Great Steppe didn't feel the mortal danger in the named cognation of Tengri and Christ. It missed the fatal stroke itself… And maybe all this had another simple explanation: the Turkic clergy knew other sons of Tengri-Khan, and European politicians took that fact into consideration for their plans.

Gaesar is one of the three sons of Tengri. He was an envoy sent by heaven, he was born by an ordinary woman on the Earth, in childhood he showed really good abilities, he banished the demons… Much is known about him, huge treatises were written. "Gaesariade" is popular in the East; it goes back to pre-Buddhist traditions with its roots… And in Europe it is strangely neglected. Otherwise even laymen would have wondered why Christ's deeds seem to be the copies of those from ancient books. Sometimes coincidences are almost textual. Gasar lived much earlier than Christ, which is witnessed by a big religious mythological layer of the Eastern culture.

It turns out the Greeks were writing the "biography" of their Christ not inventing it. Maybe they had "Gasariads" before them or Buddha's biography from which they borrowed certain facts; and other facts they indented.

The Turki have never understood the Greek politicians who used to say one thing and do another. The word "honor" was unknown to them; hence they were ready for everything inclining the Turki to unification against Rome and Egypt. Yes, they paid levy, but in fact, playing with morbid ambition of the Turki, they treated them as mercenaries… They commanded abasing themselves.

Isn't the appearance of Byzantium, its separation from Rome and rise the evidences of aforesaid? Byzantium would have remained the colony of Rome forever without a powerful ally - The Greeks had no troops, they couldn't wage a war, their army was hired. And all of a sudden in 312 they defeated the Roman army. Near Rome!.. An unexpected cavalry attack took the legionaries unawares. How could that happen? Where did Constantine, the emperor, take a cavalry? When were the Greeks taught the basics of dzhigit skills? And who taught them? Those questions are not casual.

And is it casual that not long before that victory Constantine saw a Turkic cross in his dream and heard the voice "You'll win with it"? Is it casual that on Byzantine coins Turkic symbols appeared and the day of rest was changed by Sunday as it was in the Great Steppe? Is it casual that just after that victory the prayer in the name of Tengri - Heavenly God - was for the first time officially read in Byzantium? Was it casually that Christianity became the official religion of Byzantium at that time?..

And of course it is casual that Turkic language became the "language of soldiers" in the Greek army. They gave orders in it! The Greek army waged a war under the flags with a cross… The same as the Turki. Of course there were explanations to everything.

Assistance of the Kipchaks, Jordan writes, "was used so that [Constantine] is able to found a famous town in his name to make it a rival to Rome: they entered into an alliance with the emperor and brought 40 thousand of their [warriors] to struggle against different tribes. Their army remains in the Empire until now; it is called the federates"… This chain of historical events cannot be ignored.

In fact, the Byzantines paid levy to the Kipchaks, it was "a kind of gift" and the Turki worked it off in full. The weak paid for safety, defence and protection. And the strong (as they should have done according to the Turkic outlook) acted honestly, as an ally. Thus the Kipchaks were strengthening in Europe. And no one has the right to judge them for immeasurable magnanimity; it was another tradition of the Great Steppe.

Byzantine example inspired Rome. The Romans also began to search for approaches to the Turki trying to find their weakest parts first of all. But Rome had another position. Its rulers still didn't recognize Tengri. To tell the truth, the emperor Galerius in 311 was forced to make a step on the way to partial legalization of the "new" Christianity. Choosing between life and death, he expressed benevolence to the Turkic variant.

But halved measures weren't suitable any longer. In 380 Rome was forced to obey, and the emperor Feodosius proclaimed Christianity as the national religion and thus added the Western Empire to a new All-European spiritual culture in which the Greeks were dominating. That was the morning of Byzantium directly after which the height of its fame followed.

The center of Europe moved to Constantinople from Rome… The Pope became dependent from the Greek patriarchy. And the Romans themselves receded into the background in spiritual life of Europe having got a scornful cognomen - "Catholics" which meant "the ones having joined" in Turkic.

These were the Turki who, having assumed the part of a guardian and a preceptor of Byzantium, opened the road to the position in Europe which it still cannot forget.

It seems that fact gives rise to hatred to the Turki which hasn't been hidden in Europe in the course of several centuries. Having ascribed the achievements of foreign culture to them, Greek rulers didn't think about a shameful exposure which is inevitable… As the saying goes, - "One in fetters won't go far".

Greek emperors ascribed a great deal of things to them at that time. Including a cross, having called it Byzantine. And even a double eagle which was the symbol of one family (ulus) in II century B.C., - it was on the flags while the Turki were smashing China.

A majestic bird expressed the structure of the Turkic society where a chagan and an isha were ruling as equals. The former possessed temporal power but didn't own any property. Isha dealt with treasury. A chagan was elected from the number of khans; isha obtained his rights as a successor.

The steppe democracy… Turkic religion was also based on it. Election commenced in the settlements - from the circle of settlements. A chagan, a metropolitan-abys, a ruler of lands and an ataman of the yurt appeared by election. Power of the elected was consecrated by the clergy. That ceremony was called "abishik" ("apizik").

Of course the Turki could teach one many things; a lot could be borrowed from them.

The Byzantines took the fancy of the double eagle and made it the emblem of Constantinople… Later it flushed above Russia: Peter I violently robbed the Steppe.

Many things have been forgotten since the time known as the Middle Ages.

But the traces of the past remained! Icons, iconostases, churches with their unique architecture, icon-lamps, incense, brocade clothes of the clergy, prayers with kowtows - these were the attributes of Tengirchilik. They lead to the Christian Church.

They are the only and the most reliable evidence of acceptance of the Turkic canon by the Christians. There are no other evidences and there cannot be any.

Of course, centuries have passed, ritual part of a service has changed, but the traces remained. They are like a genetic code, like the patterns on human skin, they cannot be washed, one cannot get rid of them. The main traces are the "Apostolic Rules".

That is the name of the code of resolutions determining the hierarchy of the church titles, the procedure of performance of holidays, fasts, prayers… In a word, the consent of the whole divine service. That is an "instruction" according to which the Christian Church was built. There is no another document being more important than that, although there are many disputes concerning its origin.

Not going into the essence of those disputes we should mention that "Apostolic Rules" have been written by a Turkic hand - by the bishop Dionysus the Small who lived in V - VI centuries He was called a "Scythian abbot" in Europe. Here is the line from the "Christianity" encyclopedia: "In 500 - 510 Dionysus issued the code of apostolic and church rules in two editions". The Christian procedure of divine service became similar with that of Tengirchilik since then.