Gregory the Illuminator
Saint Gregory the Illuminator or Saint Gregory the Enlightener[a], the founder and patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church, he was born about 257. He belonged to the royal line of the Arsacid Dynasty, being the son of a Parthian named Anak, who assassinated Chosroes I of Armenia, and thus brought ruin on himself and his family.
Gregory The Illuminator Media
The Baptism of the Armenian People (1892), by Ivan Aivazovsky
A statue of St. Gregory in Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica inaugurated in 2005.
A miniature of Gregory and Trdat (as a boar) by Vardan Baghishetsi on a manuscript from Baghesh, Vaspurakan, c. 1569–70
Etchmiadzin Cathedral, 17th century
An 18th century painting by an unknown author
The Baptism of the Armenian People. Gregory the Illuminator by Ivan Aivazovsky (1892)
A painting by Vardges Sureniants
Lost mosaic from Hagia Sophia (9th century)[b]
in the Menologion of Basil II (c. 1000)
Footnotes
- ↑ Armenian: Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ translit. Grigor Lusavorich, Greek: Γρηγόριος Φωστήρ or Φωτιστής, Gregorios Phoster or Photistes
- ↑ As reproduced by Wilhelm Salzenberg.
