(Libro delle Lamentazioni)
Acquarello
cm. 37 x 27
Opera donata al Naregatsi Art Institute di Yerevan
Anche lo Spirito viene in aiuto alla nostra debolezza, perché non sappiamo pregare come si conviene; ma lo Spirito stesso intercede per noi con gemiti inesprimibili.
Romani 8:26
St.Gregory of Narek
(Book of Lamentations)
Water colour
cm. 37 x 27
Born circa 950 to a family of scholarly churchmen, St. Gregory entered Narek Monastery on the south-east shore of Lake Van at a young age.
Shortly before the first millennium of Christianity, Narek Monastery was a thriving ceArmenia was experiencing a renaissance in literature, painting, architecture and theology, of which St. Gregory was a leading figure. The Prayer Book is the work of his mature years. He called it his last testament:
“its letters like my body, its message like my soul.”
St. Gregory left this world in 1003, but his voice continues to speak to us.nter of learning.