a bird feeding its chicks its blood - old of self-sacrifice on the wall of armenian orthodox church in moscow

ancient architecture armenia armenian art background beautiful bird blood building carver carving chicks christian church craftsmanship cross culture decoration detail devotion facade family feeding figure handicraft heritage history icon its khachkar landmark legend limestone moscow nest old ornate orthodox pattern pelican religion religious russia sandstone sculpture selfsacrifice statue stone style symbol temple texture tourism tradition traditional travel tufa vintage wall wings yerevan