NOMADIC RAIDS AND DESTRUCTION

ST. NERSES THE GRACIOUS. IN THE TRADITION OF ARMENIAN LOVE
FOR LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE A DEDICATED PHILOSOPHER OF WISDOM
 

Written by Gevork Nazaryan

Beginning from the Xth century and onward Armenia, and all of Anatolia, Caucasus and Near East were flooded by hordes of nomadic Seljuk Turks, who after being kicked out of Central Asia, attacked the native peoples of the Near East. Many ancient civilizations that had managed to survive the assimilation of large empires such as Byzantium and Sassanian Persia, were destroyed and obliterated by the Turkish onslaught. The Seljuks, remaining true to their nomadic civilization destroying nature were very ruthless and barbaric towards the rich and thriving cultures like that of Armenia. In the Siwnik' Province of Greater Armenia, in the Monastery of Tat'ev alone, no less than 10,000 priceless, ancient manuscripts were thrown in the huge bonfire. The Turkish book burning campaign throughout Armenia destroyed centuries of knowledge and research, throwing back Armenia and the Armenian people to a Dark Age. The Armenian people fanatically fought to preserve any shreds of the remnants of civilization and culture. Scores of villages and towns would raise money in order to buy back some of the books taken by the Turks, who after a while found out that it is more useful for them to seize the books, and only kill the monks and villagers, afterwards selling the seized sacred texts to the remaining survivors, who risked their very own lives to have back the books and thus save Knowledge from eternal obliteration.

 Holy Echmiadzin, as other parts of Armenia were being abandoned, by large number of Armenian families, who were forced to leave their homes because of the constant raids and killings by the nomads. The migrations from Armenia increased in the XIth and XIIth centuries. Many families fled to neighboring Armenia Minor [Lesser Armenia] and Cilician Armenia, where decades later they would reestablish the Kingdom [Cilician Armenia became a Principality in 1080 -- and a Kingdom in 1199]. The Bagratid dynasty which ruled most of Armenia [Van-Vaspurakan and the surrounding areas were under the rule of the Artsrunis] from the IXth to XIth century also

THE HUGE INTRICATELY CARVED GATES OF THE CHURCH OF THE TWELVE
APOSTLES OF MUSH [1134]. THE GATE WAS DISMANTLED
INTO ITS TWO PORTIONS AND IN 1915 ONE OF THE ARMENIAN NATIONAL TREASURES
WAS SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION AT THE HANDS OF THE TURKISH DEATH SQUADS
AND WAS LITERALLY CARRIED ON THE BACKS OF FLEEING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
SURVIVORS WHO RISKED THEIR OWN LIVES TO SLOWLY AND PAINSTAKINGLY
TRANSPORT THE HOLY RELIC TO THE SAFETY OF YEREVAN.
IT IS CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY IN THE HISTORICAL STATE MUSEUM OF ARMENIA
IN YEREVAN'S REPUBLIC SQUARE.

FINELY DECORATED CARVED CAPITAL FROM SEVAN MONASTERY. IXTH CENTURY.
TWO-HEADED BIRDS [DUALITY IN UNION] FACING EACH OTHER AND
IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS ABOVE TWO SIX-POINTED STARS [HEAVEN+EARTH UNION].
CRESCENT HORNS SUPPORT THE TREE OF LIFE/CONE IN THE CENTER. UNBROKEN
CONTINUUM OF EARLIER ARATTA-MITANNI-URARTU ARMANI SYMBOLISM.

F  U S  I  O  N.



ONE OF THE INTRICATELY CARVED DOORS OF THE TAT‛EV MONASTERY. 1217.

Y O V H A N N A V A N K‛  C R O S S - S T O N E [1171] BY M A S T E R  V A R D A N.

ONE OF THE HISTORIC GATES FROM THE CHURCH OF THE APOSTLES,  ISLAND OF
SEVAN -- TODAY A PENINSULA -- BECAUSE OF THE RECEDING VOLUME OF THE LAKE.
ON DISPLAY IN THE HISTORICAL STATE MUSEUM OF ARMENIA [INV. NO. 86]

N O R A V A N K' CROSS-STONE [1308] BY M A S T E R  M O M I K. THE GREAT
MASTER MANIFESTED THE COSMIC CRUX  AXIS THAT 'FLOATS' ON TOP OF THE
UNDERLYING MATRIX GRID. THE BOLORAK [UNION OF RIGHT AND LEFT SPINNING
 WHEELS]  WITHIN TWO PARALLEL VERTICAL LINES OF OCTAVES
[ETERNITY]. TRIUNE HIERARCHY ABOVE. THE WHOLE GREAT WORK IS IN
PERFECT HARMONY OF THE GOLDEN MEAN [IRRATIONAL RATIONAL]...

SAINT ZORAVOR SPIRITUAL SANCTUM. XIVTH CENTURY. SITUATED ATOP THE
HEIGHTS OF THE BREATHTAKING CAUCASIAN MOUNTAIN.

ECHMIADZIN GOSPEL [989], MATENADARAN MS NO. 2374, P. 231a.
THE SCRIBE JOHN PLACED CROSS PATTEE AS HIS PERSONAL SEAL
AT THE END OF THE MANUSCRIPT.

ECHMIADZIN GOSPEL [989], MATENADARAN MS NO. 2374, P. 110a.
APPARITION OF THE [MITHRAIC CLAD] ANGEL TO THE WOMEN IN THE FIELDS.
NOTE THE TWIN PILLARS AND THE ARCH OUT OF WHICH EMERGES
THE ANGEL WITH THE STAFF/POLE CAPPED BY THE EQUILATERAL RED CROSS.

GOSPEL MATENADARAN MS NO. 10517, P. 4b.
SEVEN LAYERED PYRAMID [IN BLUE RED AND GREEN] LEADING TO THE
APEX ADORNED WITH THE OLD ARMANI-ARARATIAN SACRED LEAF/FLEUR-DE-LYS.
SPLIT FISH TAIL ARMENIAN CROSS [EA-HAYA...] WITH MARKED NINE POINTS
[8+1 IN THE CENTER] WITHIN A GOLDEN MEAN RECTANGLE
[RED + BLUE...MALE + FEMALE INTERWOVEN HERMETIC SERPENTS/DNA...
RED+ BLUE  AND GREEN [DIVINE COUPLE AND FERTILITY] INTERWOVEN BRANCHES.


THE WONDER MONASTERY OF GEGHARD CARVED RIGHT OUT OF THE
BEDROCK OF THE VAST CLIFF. XII-XIIITH CENTURIES.

PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE GEGHARD MONASTERY IN BREATHTAKING HIGHLANDS

SOLAR ARMIN [IRMIN KRIST] SACRED SYMBOLS THAT ACTUALLY PREDATE OFFICIAL
CHRISTIANITY CARVED INSIDE THE GEGHARD [GEŁARD] MONASTERY [1263]
CHURCH OF THE HOLY LANCE...

ANOTHER CARVED FOUR TAU-CROSS ON A PEDESTAL IN GEGHARD ON A PEDESTAL
 IN THE ROCK CUT INTERIOR OF THE MONASTERY. NOTE THE TWO SPIRALS SPINNING
 [RIGHT AND LEFT UNITE IN THE VULVA/CENTER TO FORM A SYNTHESIS. TRIPLE-
DECKER [3 REALITIES] UNIVERSE IN THREE STEPS LEADING TO THE AXIS MUNDI/
SOLAR CROSS.

TRADITIONAL ARMENIAN [ARMANEN] SOLAR CROSSES CARVED INTO HARD
ROCK INSIDE HERMIT CAVE [MEDITATION SANCTUM]. OUT OF THE COSMIC
HIERARCHY/PYRAMID [INTERWOVEN SWASTIKA PATTERN] EMERGES THE
UNIVERSAL CRUX [EQUILATERAL ENCIRCLED CROSS IN THE HEART/CENTER].
THE SPINE AND THE ARMS OF THE CROSS IS IN THE FORM OF INTERWOVEN
HERMETIC SNAKES [8s...] FLANKED BY SPLIT [EIGHT POINTED], ENCIRCLED-
EQUILATERAL AND FOUR-TAU CROSSES. CHALDEAN
CONES OF POWER AT THE TOP COMPLETE THE CROSS/TREE OF LIFE.
ALL WITHIN THE ARCH OF HEAVEN SUPPORTED BY THE TWIN PILLARS.

ECHMIADZIN GOSPEL [989], MATENADARAN MS NO. 2374, P. 10a.
MARGINAL DEPICTING THE DIVINE MOTHER AND THE MAGI.
NOTE THE PRIMORDIAL ENCIRCLED EIGHT-SPOKE STAR OF AYA-INANNA-VENUS-
AST-ARTE HOVERING ABOVE THE HEAD OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER THAT GIVES BIRTH
TO THE SAVIOR/REDEEMER. CROSS PATTEE WITHIN A CIRCLE
IN RED, BLUE AND ORANGE DYES.

HEAD OF JOHN THE BAPTIST [OANNES...ON...AEON...EA-HAYA-ENKI...
COSMIC WATERS/WISDOM/SPIRIT] IN
THE ECHMIADZIN GOSPEL, P. 35b.  THE HERMETIC ILLUMINIST PLACED THE
SEVENTH SACRED LETTER Ē [WITHIN TWO PARALLEL HORIZONTAL LINES...]
STANDING FOR ĒUT‛IWN [ESSENCE]. THE ALL-FATHER OF
CHRIST...THE ANOINTED REDEEMER WHO SHOWS THE WAY
BACK TO THE FATHER/SOURCE...THE CONCEPT OF THE HOLY TRINITY
[TRIUNE] HAS ITS ORIGINS IN THE SACRED METSAMOR HIEROGLYPHS FROM
THIRD MILLENNIUM BC AND IS EVEN PREVALENT IN THE EARLIER
ARMENIAN PICTOGRAPHS FROM SIXTH-FIFTH MILLENNIUM BC.

FRAGMENT OF A MARGINAL IN THE ECHMIADZIN GOSPEL, P. 12b
DEPICTING THE HAND OF GOD AND THE BIRD AS THE CARRIER OF
THE DIVINE SPARK [HOLY SPIRIT]...

FRAGMENT OF A MARGINAL IN THE  ECHMIADZIN GOSPEL, P. 96a
DEPICTING THREE STEPS OUT OF WHICH BLOSSOMS A PALM TREE IN GREEN
[FERTILITY] WITH THE SACRED VESSEL IN THE CENTER HEART AND
THE BIRD [HOLY SPIRIT] WITH GOLDEN HEAD AND BLUE
[SUN IN THE HEAVENS...] BODY ON TOP. NOTE THE PATTERN OF THE 3 TRIANGLE
ALIGNED RED DOTS THAT SURROUND THE TREE [ALSO BORDERED IN RED].

FRAGMENT WITH ORNATE INITIAL [INI...11TH
LETTER OF THE ALPHABET]
ENCIRCLED EQUILATERAL CROSS IN A
MARGINAL FROM THE  ECHMIADZIN GOSPEL, P. 118a.

RELIEF DECORATION FROM TANAHATAVANK‛ [XIIITH CENTURY]
SHOWING PROFOUND SYMBOLISM. THE SPIRALING
WING [INITIAL SOURCE] SPINS TO FORM THE HEAD OF THE DIVINE
BIRD THAT FEEDS THE OFFSPRING [AND IN TURN
RECEIVES ENERGY FROM ITS PROGENY.

GOSPEL FROM 1287. MATENADARAN MS NO. 197, P. 57b. FRAGMENT COMPOSITION
WITH INITIAL ECH [FIFTH LETTER WITH NUM. VAL. 5 BETWEEN INITIAL TWO
ADDITIONAL INITIAL ECH OR 5+5+5...555...INITIAL VOID] MADE OUT IN RED AND BLUE
INTERWOVEN VISHAPS [ANDROGYNOUS AYA-HAYA
HERMETIC FEMALE + BLUE...2 + 3 QUINTESSENTIAL UNION]...
LETTERS DA [FOURTH LETTER WITH NUM. VAL. 4] AND ĒY [SEVENTH LETTER
WITH NUM. VAL 7] AT THE ROOT OF THE TREE OF LIFE/FERTILITY BRANCHES
THAT COME OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE BLUE VISHAP THAT IS AN EXTENSION
OF THE BODY OF THE RED VISHAP...WHILE THE TAIL OF THE BLUE VISHAP
COMES OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE RED VISHAP [DIVINE MARRIAGE]

A PAGE FROM THE BIBLE [1295] OF KING HETUM II. MATENADARAN MS NO. 180, P. 302a
WITH THE INITIALED INI [11TH LETTER
NUM. VAL. 20] IN TRCHNAGIR [STYLIZED ARM. FONT IN SHAPE OF BIRD[S]
...IBREV ZI BARI [LIT. IN GOODNESS] SYMB. OF THE DIVINE SPARK/HOLY SPIRIT].
UNITED RINGS WITHIN A RECTANGLE UPON WHICH IS THE FLEUR-DE-LYS
HEAVEN + EARTH DIAMOND. THE TREE OF LIFE IN THE RIGHT MARGINAL.

EXCERPT FROM THE 'RED GOSPEL' [909]
MATENADARAN MS NO. 6202. P. 55b. USE OF
GRAPHICAL MARKINGS WITHIN THE
COMPOSITION. ROUNDED ERKATAGIR
[ERKAT‛ LIT. IRON, GIR WRITING] FONT.
NOTE THE FOUR DOTS IN THE FORM OF
COSMIC CRUX...WHOLENESS [LIKE THE ANCIENT
ANKH LOOP ON TOP OF THE TAU OR...STYLIZED O
UPON T...

XTH CENTURY MASHTOTS. MATENADARAN MS NO. 1001, P. 32b.

IX-XTH CENTURY CHASHOTS MATENADARAN MS NO. 985, P. 248a.
MARGINAL IN THE CENTER OF THE MANUSCRIPT DEPICTS A
CLASPED DIVINE HAND THAT HOLDS A 'Y' SHAPE SPLITTING
GOLDEN MEAN SPIRAL WITH FLOWER [ETERNAL FEMININE PRINCIPLE]
PETALS ON THE RIGHT AND VEGETATION/FERTILITY
SERPENTINE-ESQUE BRANCH ON THE LEFT.

TEMPLE OF OGDOAD

HERMETIC ARMAN ARCHITECTURE AT ITS FINEST. FUSED HARMONY.
ŠOŁAGAVANK‛ CHURCH ON THE ISLAND [NOW PENINSULA] OF SEVAN.
IXTH CENTURY. STEPAN MNATSAKANIAN'S RECONSTRUCTION.
A BACKDROP FOR A NUMBER OF HISTORIC AND ROMANTIC NOVELS
LIKE AŠOT THE IRON [HEROIC BAGRATID KING WHO HELD OUT ON THE ISLAND
AND FOUGHT OFF FOREIGN INVADERS] AND ANCIENT GODS BY LEVON ŠANT‛.

AL VANK‛. IXTH CENTURY. STEPAN MNATSAKANIAN'S RECONSTRUCTION.

MX‛ITAR OF HER [XOY OR KHOY] BORN CA. 112O IN HER. RENOWNED ARMENIAN
DOCTOR, BIOLOGIST, HERBALIST, AND PHILOSOPHER. DOCTOR MXIT‛AR [WHICH
LITERALLY MEANS CONSOLER RELATED TO HEALER] WAS THE HEAD COURT
DOCTOR IN THE CAPITAL SIS, CILICIAN ARMENIA [ALSO KNOWN AS
LITTLE ARMENIA SOMETIMES MISTAKENLY CALLED LESSER ARMENIA WHICH IS
 IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO CILICIAN ARMENIA]. THE GOOD DOCTOR WAS
UNDER DIRECT PATRONAGE OF TWO SUCCESSIVE CATHOLICOI IN SIS, FIRST NO
OTHER THAN NERSES THE GRACIOUS AND AFTERWARDS, GREGORY IV TŁAY. IN
ADDITION TO ARMENIAN, DR. MXITAR WAS FLUENT IN GREEK, ARABIC AND FARSI.
BY 1160s HERATSI WAS ALREADY KNOWN AS 'THE GRAND DOCTOR.'

 THE IXTH CENTURY MONASTERY OF LAKE SEVAN PENINSULA [FORMERLY ISLAND].
A SANCTUM SANCTORUM FOR MANY ARMENIAN MYSTICS THROUGHOUT
THE CENTURIES. THE MONASTERY BECAME THE BACKDROP FOR LEWON ŠANT‛S
ANCIENT GODS...ŠANT‛ IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREAT ARMENIAN
ROMANIC [ 'NOR HET‛ANOS' OR 'NEO-PAGAN'] WRITERS OF XIXTH CENTURY.



THE CROSS-STONE BURIAL GROUND OF NORATUS IMBUED WITH SACREDNESS.
EACH ONE OF THE KHACHKAR-CROSS-STONES IS A PRICELESS CULTURAL TREASURE.



ANOTHER ANCIENT KHACHKAR FIELD [UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE]
JUST LIKE NORATUS WITH LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF CROSS-STONES,
IN HISTORIC ARMENIAN CITY OF OLD JULFA
IN NAKHICHEVAN, WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AT THE OUTSET OF
THE 21ST CENTURY IN AN ACT THAT CANNOT BE DESCRIBED ANYTHING LESS
THAN A CULTURAL GENOCIDE AT THE BEHEST OF THE AZERI TURKISH GOVERNMENT,
WHICH SUPPLIED TRUCK LOADS OF 'FULLY EQUIPPED' SOLDIERS THAT HACKED
AND DESTROYED HUNDREDS OF CROSS-STONES INTO BITS AND DUMPED
THE REMNANTS INTO THE ADJOINING MOTHER ARAX RIVER...

THE PINNACLE OF MINIATURE PAINTING WAS REACHED IN THE XIIITH CENTURY
BY ARMENIAN ILLUMINISTS LIKE TOROS ROSLIN AND SARKIS PICAK.


LEATHER BINDING [1456] MADE OUT OF PRECIOUS STONES AND METALS.
THE ARMENIAN EIGHT POINTED SPLIT CROSS [WITH TRIUNE TIPS] AND
SYMBOLS OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS [CON. WITH THE
ZODIAC/SOLAR HEAVENLY PRECESSION]. MATENADARAN MS NO. 1307.

DETAIL FROM AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT FROM THE GOSPEL OF SURXAT.
ARMENIAN CRIMEAN SCHOOL OF ILLUMINATION, 1332. ILLUMINATOR --
 GRIGOR SUK‛EASANTS‛.

MANY OF THE ARMENIAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS HAD BEAUTIFUL LEATHER
COVERS, EMBELLISHED WITH  PRECIOUS STONES AND METALS MATCHING THE
SPLENDOR OF THE MINIATURE ILLUMINATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE BOOK.

moved and exchanged [a deal struck with the Byzantine Empire] its possessions with lands in Anatolia and Cilician Armenia. The Catholicosal seat, was also moved from Holy Echmiadzin to the newly formed Rubenid Principality of Cilicia, which in 1199, was proclaimed the restored Kingdom of Armenia, headed by the succeeding dynasties of Rubinian [Rubenid], Het'umian [Hetumid] and

DETAILED SCULPTURE OF
AN ARMENIAN WARRIOR FROM THE CHURCH
OF THE HOLY CROSS ON THE ISLAND OF AŁT‛AMAR.
ERECTED BETWEEN 915-21 AS A HOLY SANCTUM BY THE ARTSRUNI KINGS
OF VASPURAKAN WHO COMPETED AND VIED FOR POWER
WITH THE RIVAL BAGRATID DYNASTY.
FULLY CLAD CHAIN MAIL, STEEL HELMET, POLISHED ROUND SHIELD,
SPEAR AND A THRUSTING SWORD FOR CLOSE COMBAT.

FRONTISPIECE OF THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR IN ARMENIAN
PUBLISHED IN ROME BY THE DOMINICANS IN 1584.

TITLE PAGE OF A XIIITH CENTURY GOSPEL, MATENADARAN MS NO. 8321, P. 114a.
EMBELLISHED FIFTH INITIAL ECH. IN THE RIGHT MARGINAL
TWO PILLAR COLUMNS HOLD THE COSMIC HIERARCHY TRIANGLE [BLUE...
CELESTIAL HEAVEN/COSMIC WATERS...GREEN POLE/AXIS MUNDE/FERTILITY
GOLDEN ORANGE BASIS...MOTHER EARTH/SACRED WHEAT...BLACK DOT
OF SPANDARAMET STANDS FOR THE INNER EARTH/UNDERWORLD] CAPPED BY
THE RED DOT [ANGLE POINTS TIPPED BY RED DOTS...]
WITHIN THE TWO [11] COLUMNS IS THE ESSENTIAL DIVINE SPARK
REPRESENTED WITH THE SEVENTH SACRED LETTER MADE OUT IN
RED AND GOLD. NOTE VERTICAL RED LINES [MASC. PRINCIPLE]

TITLE PAGE OF A XIIITH CENTURY GOSPEL, MATENADARAN MS NO. 8321, P. 48b.
FRAGMENT OF THE OPENING READING DECORATED WITH THE INITIAL
YI [21ST LETTER...NUM. VAL. 300] THAT LOOKS AS A STYLIZED 8 AND 3...
THE WHOLE DIVIDED INTO TWO RINGS WITH A HORIZONTAL LINE GOING ACROSS
THE MIDDLE AND THE BLACK SUN/VOID [PURE CONSCIOUSNESS]
IN THE FIXED CENTER. NOTE THE TREE OF LIFE AS A MARGINAL ON THE LEFT
A BLOSSOMED FLEUR-DE-LYS COMPLETE WITH RIGHT AND LEFT SPINNING
SPIRALS...WITH THE ETERNAL FLAME AS A BURNING HEART IN THE CENTER.
THE SOURCE/ROOT OF THE TREE OF LIFE INCLUDES THE NUMEROLOGICALLY
SIGNIFICANT LETTERS DAY [FOURTH...NUM. VAL. 4] AND KEN [FIFTEENTH...NUM. VAL. 60]
WHEN WE ADD THEM WE GET THE NUMERIC VALUE OF 64...VALUE OF ABSOLUTE
[6+4=10...DECCA...INITIAL PERFECT WHOLENESS OF THE 10 DIM. UNIVERSE...
HERMETIC ILLUMINISTS OF THE SACRED MANUSCRIPTS PASSED DOWN
THE PRIMORDIAL MEHIAN [MITHRAIC] ANCESTRAL ARMANI WISDOM
AND THE MESSAGE FOR THEIR FOLLOWING POSTERITY
THROUGH THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TRUE UNDERLYING ESOTERIC
MEANING OF EXOTERIC SCRIPTURE.

ST. GĒORG CHURCH OF MUŁNI.

GENERAL PLAN OF ST. GĒORG MONASTERIAL COMPLEX.

THE RUINS OF THE CHURCH OF ST. STEPHAN. THE GATE TO THE CHAPEL
OF APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL IN THE FOREGROUND.


CONSTANTINE OF ERZNKA [1250-1315]. WROTE MOVING HYMNS OF DEVOTION TO LOVE.

THE SON OF THE CROWN PRINCE RAISES FROM THE DEAD. THE GOSPEL OF EIGHT
ILLUMINATORS. ILLUMINATED AT THE END OF XIIITH CENTURY BY SEVEN
UNKNOWN MINIATURISTS AND COMPLETED IN 1320s BY THE EIGHTH...
RENOWNED SARKIS PICAK [PITSAK] WHO ALONG WITH TOROS ROSLIN
[WHO ALSO PERHAPS BLOSSOMED PARTS OF THIS GOSPEL] IS
ARGUABLY THE MOST OUTSTANDING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CILICIAN
SCHOOL OF MINIATURE PAINTING. MATENADARAN MS NO.  7651.

TAKVORIN [TAGAVORAKAN] COIN AND ROYAL SEAL OF KING HETUM II [1289-1296 &
1299-1301]. PATRIARCHAL CROSS [TWO Ēs...SEVENTH SACRED LETTER ON ONE
SINGLE STEM FACING RIGHT AND LEFT].

PENTECOST SCENE [1262] BY RENOWNED MINIATURE PAINTER OF THE
CILICIAN SCHOOL TOROS ROSLIN. ON DISPLAY IN THE WALTERS ART GALLERY IN
BALTIMORE, MS NO. 539. NOTE THE TWIN PEACOCKS AT THE TOP FACING
THE COSMIC TRIANGLE HIERARCHY MARKED IN THE CENTER WITH THE
SACRED SEVEN-POINTED SIGN OF MACROCOSM/ETERNITY.
12 RAYS EMANATE FROM THE SEAT OF GOD TOWARDS THE 12 APOSTLES...
TWIN PILLARS [NOTE THE PYRAMIDAL STEPS IN THE BACKGROUND]
SUPPORT THE FLAMING ARCH [GATEWAY WITHIN GATEWAY] OF HEAVEN.
THE AMAZING XIIITH CENTURY FRESCOES IN THE RUINS OF K‛OBAYR MONASTERY.

Lusignan respectively. The abandonment of St. Gregory's Seat in Holy Echmiadzin, lasted until 1441. In that year a council was held in the Holy City headed by Hovhannēs Hermonets'i and Towma Metsopets'i. The ecclesiastical council decided that the Holy Seat must be returned from Sis to the point of origin, in the Mother Cathedral.

THE CRUCIFIXION SILVER-GILT
FRONT BINDING OF THE GOSPEL OF THE SEA
BY YOVHANNĒS SARKAVAG OF SIS [1334]