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08-Jun-2006

Ani Tigran Honents church 01c Interior Saint Gregory with chained feet 3691

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I corrected the perspective of this picture on the next. The picture can be seen to the left of the arch above the entrance.

As for what it depicts: a researcher informed me, this is Saint Gregory the illuminator being tortured. He's got iron chains on his feet that make him bleed everytime he moves. He is being dragged and pushed by the employees of king Trad III who wants him dead. Later, the king will convert to Christianity, when he realizes the sanctity of Gregory.

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Guest 09-May-2008 01:22
the saint's feet are chained and he is being dragged and tortured by Tradt's soldiers. the moe he moves, the more the chains press his feet, the more he bleeds. Therefore, they meant to break his feet.