Left to right: Arusyak Baldryan, Lusine Markaryan, Dr. Gayane Eliazyan, Artavazd Ayvazyan, Arthur Petrosyan, and Gagik Ginosyan, from the village of Tsughrut.
FRESNO, Calif.—The more than one thousand year old Gospel of Tsughrut (Ô¾Õ¸Ö‚Õ²Ö€Õ¸Ö‚Õ©Õ« Ô±Ö‚Õ¥Õ¿Õ¡Ö€Õ¡Õ¶-Hovhannes Avetaran) is a rare example of Armenian medieval art in terms of its iconography and simplicity of miniature expression, dating from 974 AD. Many times referred to as the “Guardian of Tsughrut,â€
