The vow before the Battle of Avarayr
Vartan Mamikonian (alt. Vartan Mamigonian, Vardan Mamigonian; Arm. Վարդան Մամիկոնյան, Վարդան Մամիկոնեան), Armenian commander, praying before the Battle of Avarayr against Persian forces in 451 AD that allowed Armenians to remain Christian.
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Gustave Courbet
1873
