This painting was commissioned by the Armenian Missionary Association of America, Paramus, NJ. It was on the occasion of the retirement of The Rev. G.H. Chopourian, PhD, Executive Director of the AMAA, 1969-1987.

The painting is based on Acts 1:8 (ESV):
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

This painting was commissioned by a private collector.

This painting was commissioned by the Armenian Evangelical Union, Fresno, CA. It is now located at the AEUNA (Armenian Evangelical Union of North America) offices in Glendale, CA.

In the background is Mount Ararat, an identifying Armenian symbol. The painting can be read from left to right as it travels from the Armenian Church’s beginning, in 305 A.D., to present.

Saint Mesrop Mashtotz, creator of the Armenian alphabet who translated the Bible in 405 A.D., is seated at the left. Arches are used as sacred doors of spiritual light that connect through time. The torch is evangelism.

The painting itself is intended as a door to remembrance and a path to meditation.

This painting was commissioned by St. Leon’s Armenian Church, Saddle River, NJ.

These paintings were commissioned by Haigazian University, Beirut, Lebanon.