The Mandylion is an intellectual mystery-detective spanning several historical epochs. The quest for an ancient secret, full of dangers and adventures, develops on the background of the history of Armenians and peoples of the Eastern Mediterranean, intertwined with the history of Christianity and the struggle of Christian people of the region for their freedom. Our contemporaries are gradually uncovering an exciting image of the Order of Guardians, who, generation after generation, awaiting for the “better times” have protected an ancient relic for the Christians of the world. But better times have never arrived, and today destructive forces are annihilating with sword and fire the last pockets of Christian Civilization in the Middle East, where this Civilization was born and flourished for centuries. The current troubled state of affairs in the region increases the relevance of the first English edition of this book, first published in Russian in 2013.
