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confessional aHegiance that confirmed the orthodoxy of the hoiy image and was the
most striking distinguishing feature of Armenian-Chaicedonian murais.
The iconographic programme of the Akhtaia murals, when it is examined in the
context of the Armenian-Chaicedonian cuiture, is an invaluable historicai source. In
consulting it we find a substitute for the poiiticai and theological treatises that have not
survived. It embodied the particular woridview of the Armenian-Chaicedonians, which
was founded on a consistent orientation towards Byzantium and Georgia while
preserving unbroken ties with the national Armenian environment.
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confessional aHegiance that confirmed the orthodoxy of the hoiy image and was the
most striking distinguishing feature of Armenian-Chaicedonian murais.
The iconographic programme of the Akhtaia murals, when it is examined in the
context of the Armenian-Chaicedonian cuiture, is an invaluable historicai source. In
consulting it we find a substitute for the poiiticai and theological treatises that have not
survived. It embodied the particular woridview of the Armenian-Chaicedonians, which
was founded on a consistent orientation towards Byzantium and Georgia while
preserving unbroken ties with the national Armenian environment.