Vagharsjapat

Vagharsjapat (Armeensk: Վաղարշապատ), is ien fan de grutste stêden fan Armeenje en neffens ynwennertal de grutste gemeente fan de provinsje Armavir. De stêd leit likernôch 18 kilometer westlik fan de haadstêd Jerevan en 10 kilometer noardlik fan de troch it regear yn Ankara sletten Turkske grins.

De stêd stiet foaral bekend ûnder de namme Edzjmiatsin (Էջմիածին), fan 1945 oant 1995 de offisjele namme fan de stêd. Dy âlde namme wurdt noch jimmeroan brûkt yn it offisjele ferkear.

De stêd is it religieuze sintrum fan it lân en benammen bekend fanwegen de katedraal fan Edzjmiatsin. It wie ien fan de belangrike stêden fan it eartiidske Grut-Armeenje. Oan it begjin fan de 20e iuw stelde de stêd net in soad mear foar, mar yn de Sovjet-tiid naam it ynwennertal fan Edzjmiatsin as foarstêd fan Jerevan bot ta.

Sjoch ek

  • Katedraal fan Edzjmiatsin
  • Tsjerke fan Sint-Gajane
  • Tsjerke fan Sint-Hripsime
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25 March 2014
It took four volumes to document all the 7th century church architecture in the South Caucasus, this being a fine example, but it was work well rewarded – with a 2014 Europa Nostra Award for research.
Armen Devejian
29 March 2010
Visit oldest Armenian church in the world. Built in 303 A.D.
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28 April 2023
Currently closed for renovations. I was told they won’t finish til October
Нюша Нюшечкина
Эчмиадзинский кафедральный собор.303-484/1441г. Главный храм Армянской апостольской церкви, престол Верховного Патриарха Католикоса Всех Армян. Является одним из древнейших христианских храмов в мире.
Нюша Нюшечкина
Основан в 303—484 гг., и снова с 1441 года. Расположен в городе Вагаршапат Армавирской области Армении. С 2000 года входит в список Всемирного наследия ЮНЕСКО.
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