Chronicle of Georgia: Three Standing Figures at Ground Level

Three Standing Figures at Ground Level. At ground level, broad panels wrap the pillar bases with multi-figure scenes — groups of saints, mourners and witnesses carved in deep relief. A sacred scene from the memorial, with figures in long robes rendered in deep bronze relief. Georgian tradition holds that the Apostle Andrew, the First-Called, preached in these lands — one of the earliest threads in the nation’s Christian story.