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Shoghakat Church
Shoghakat Church, August 2009
Religion
AffiliationArmenian Apostolic Church
Location
LocationVagharshapat, Armavir Province, Armenia
Shoghakat Church is located in Armenia
Shoghakat Church
Shown within Armenia
Geographic coordinates40°10′05″N 44°18′18″E / 40.168044°N 44.304936°E / 40.168044; 44.304936
Architecture
TypeDomed single nave basilica
StyleArmenian
Completed1694
Dome(s)1
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name: Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots
TypeCultural
Criteria(ii) (iii)
Designated2000 (24th session)
Reference no.1011-005
RegionWestern Asia

The Church of Shoghakat (Armenian: Շողակաթ եկեղեցի; meaning "drop of light" because of the ray of light that came down from heaven upon Hripsime's martyrs) was erected in 1694 by Prince Aghamal Sorotetsi during the reign of Catholicos Nahabed I in the city of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), in Armenia's Armavir Province.

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