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
- Gregory the Illuminator, of Armenia statue, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Vatican4.jpg
A statue of St. Gregory in Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica inaugurated in 2005.
- Saint Grégoire et la foule, 1569.jpg
A miniature of Gregory and Trdat (as a boar) by Vardan Baghishetsi on a manuscript from Baghesh, Vaspurakan, c. 1569–70
- Etchmiadzin Cathedral Gregory the Illuminator relief.jpg
Etchmiadzin Cathedral, 17th century
- Անհայտ հայ նկարիչ, 18-րդ դար Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ.jpg
An 18th century painting by an unknown author
The Baptism of the Armenian People. Gregory the Illuminator by Ivan Aivazovsky (1892)
- Սուրենյանց Վարդգես. Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ.jpg
A painting by Vardges Sureniants
- Gregory the Illuminator mosaic in Hagia Sophia by Wilhelm Salzenberg.jpg
Lost mosaic from Hagia Sophia (9th century)[b]
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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.
