Aquarello
cm. 30 x 42
Opera donata al Naregatsi Art Institute di Yerevan
St.Gregory of Narek
Water colour
cm. 30 x 42
Painting donate to the Naregatsi Art
Institute of Yerevan
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.