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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Kars and Ani and some Hopa >> Ani - former Armenian capital near border >> Church of St Gregory of Tigran Honents >> Frescos in Tigran church > Ani Tigran Honents church 2 Interior Martyrdom of female saints from Hripsime fresco 5583
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21-Sep-2012 Dick Osseman

Ani Tigran Honents church 2 Interior Martyrdom of female saints from Hripsime fresco 5583

A researcher wrote me, the fresco represents the martyrdom of female saints with Hripsime. Their necks are being cut off by the men of Trad III.

Wikipedia has "Hripsime (Armenian: Հռիփսիմէ, died c. 290), also called Rhipsime, Ripsime, Ripsima, Arbsima or Arsema was a martyr of Roman origin; she and her companions in martyrdom are venerated as the first Christian martyrs of Armenia."

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