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Echmiadzin, detail in the wall v.2.0
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This is the detail from the wall inside the church of the Holly See of Echmiadzin, Armenia. That little uncovered part is actually the original wall, obviously the rest of it is preserved under that white plaster.
I posted similar photo of the same wall detail, a year ago. check it out here:
http://www.trekearth.com/viewphotos.php?l=5&p=439606
so you see, this year when I revisited Echmiadzin, I put some efforts to improve it, so I dunno, tell me your opinion =]
some more info:
Armenian Church is the oldest branch of the Christian faith. The earliest authentic accounts of the introduction of Christianity into Armenia date from the apostolic work of St. Gregory the Illuminator, who, in 303, converted King Tiridates III and members of his court. It is believed that St.Gregory saw the ray of sunlight together with the voice of God who ordered him to build the church on the exact spot where sunray touched the ground. Later monastery, church of Echmiadzin became the first Armenian christian temple, and today, it is said to be the oldest monastic foundation in the Christian world. The Echmiadzin monastery has been the ecclesiastical metropolis of the Armenian nation since the 4th century, and in its treasury there are some of the world's most important christian relicts, like mumified parts of hands of apostoles, or the Holy lance, believed to be the one which pierced Jesus Christ during crucifiction. One interesting fact about Echmiadzin is that, in the moment of its construction, Armenians didn't really believe to that 'new' faith such christianity was in that moment, so they built another small temple to Armenian pagan Gods, just in the basement of the church, probably 'in case' if they decide to quit christianity in these years of transit to the new faith :) unfortunately, you will have to ask for special permission to go down there, so if monks let you visit it, consider yourself lucky, as I had no luck (not even this year on my 2nd visit) :)
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Zdravo Marko!
veoma lepo i poucno!
Pozdrav, Zorica
Marko,
this image is definitely much better than the first one. Now the cathedral is very clean on the inside, shown here by the nicely plastered wall (happily leaving this ancient fragment), but when I first visited in 1998 it was quite different, but with "more atmosphere" in my opinion. People were even burning candles inside then !
On the outside you can still see a stone from the even more ancient first church there, when there wasn't any armenian alphabet yet, so characters were in greek.
I will search for my pic of it and post it some day ;-)
Marc
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Hallo Marko!
A minimalistic but in the same time a very impressive photo - especially in combination with your excellent note. The light in this one is great and a bit mystic. A contribution in the best sense of TrekEarth!
Greetings from Germany!
Frank
Zdravo Marko!
Nice shot, good compo and frame. I like minimalism
TFS
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