Zacharias 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L VIII |
| Religion | Paulician |
| Ethnicity | Armenian |
| Locations | Mananalis (Armenia) (residence); Mananalis (Armenia) |
| Textual Sources | Peter of Sicily, Historia chreiodes, ed. D. Papachryssanthou, in C. Astruc et al., "Les sources grecques pour l'histoire des Pauliciens d'Asie Mineure", TM 4 (1970), pp. 3-67 (history) |
Zacharias 1 was the son of Gegnesios 1; when his father died, his disciples were divided between Zacharias 1 and Ioseph 1, both men claiming the inspiration of the Holy Spirit; fearing to lose his paternal inheritance, Zacharias 1 struck Ioseph 1 with a stone and nearly killed him; subsequently both men tried to flee (from Mananalis) with their followers; they were stopped by the Arabs and questioned to see if they were fleeing to the Romans (πρὸς Ῥωμανίαν), and Zacharias 1 fled on alone, deserting his disciples who were massacred by the Arabs: Peter of Sicily, 123-125.
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