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Lazarus Zographos
Lazarus ( gr, Λάζαρος), surnamed Zographos (Ζωγράφος, "the Painter"), is a 9th-century Byzantine Christian saint.Ramsgate, St Augustine's Abbey. ''The Book of Saints: A Dictionary of Servants of God Canonized''. NP: Adam and Charles Black, 1966 He is also known as ''Lazarus the Painter'' and ''Lazarus the Iconographer''. Born in Armenia on November 17, 810, he lived before and during the second period of Byzantine Iconoclasm.Bigham, Steven. "Chapter 3." In ''Heroes of the Icon: People, Places, Events'', 87-89. Torrance: Oakwood, 1998. 87-90. Lazarus was the first saint to be canonized specifically as an iconographer. He was later followed by Saint Catherine of Bologna. Life and times Lazarus became a monk at an early age and is thought to have studied the art of painting at the Stoudios Monastery in Constantinople.O'Connell, Monique, Olenka Z. Pevny, and Alice-Mary Talbot. "Perceptions of Byzantium and Its Neighbors (843-1261)." ''Sixteenth Century Journal'' 33, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Oxford Reference Online'' also place Armenia in Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region; and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the Lachin corridor (under a Russian peacekeeping force) and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. Yerevan is the capital, largest city and the financial center. Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage. The first Armenian state of Urartu was established in 860 BC, and by the 6th century BC it was replaced by the Satrapy of Armenia. The Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great in the 1st century BC and in the year 301 became the first state in the world to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |