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Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots
Includes
Mother Cathedral of Echmiatsin and surrounding constructions
Church Saint Gayaneh and surrounding buildings
Cemetery of Congregation
Saint Hripsimeh Church
St. Shoghakat Church
Archaeological site of Zvartnots with ruins of the Temple, the Royal Palace, and other constructions
Criteria
Cultural: (ii)(iii)
Reference
1011
Inscription
2000 (24th Session)
Area
74.3 ha (184 acres)
Vagharshapat (Armenian: Վաղարշապատpronounced[vɑʁɑɾʃɑˈpɑt]) is the 4th-largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about 18 km (11 mi) west of the capital Yerevan, and 10 km (6 mi) north of the closed Turkish-Armenian border. It is commonly known as Ejmiatsin (also spelled Echmiadzin or Etchmiadzin, Էջմիածին, pronounced[ɛt͡ʃʰmjɑˈt͡sin]ⓘ), which was its official name between 1945 and 1995.[3] It is still commonly used colloquially and in official bureaucracy, a case of dual naming.[4]
The city is best known as the location of Etchmiadzin Cathedral and Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It is thus unofficially known in Western sources as a "holy city"[5][6] and in Armenia as the country's "spiritual capital".[7] It was one of the major cities and a capital of the ancient Kingdom of Greater Armenia.[8] Reduced to a small town by the early 20th century, it experienced large expansion during the Soviet period becoming, effectively, a suburb of Yerevan.[9][10] Its population stands just over 37,000 based on 2016 estimates.
^"The Demographic Handbook of Armenia, 2019 / Statistical Committee of Armenia".
^"Armstats:Population" (PDF). Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^"Պատմաաշխարհագրական ակնարկ [Historical-geographic overview]" (in Armenian). Armavir Province: Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014. ...Վաղարշապատ (1945-1995թթ. կոչվել է Էջմիածին) քաղաքը...
^Էջմիածի՞ն, թե՞ Վաղարշապատ. Aravot (in Armenian). 26 October 2010.
^Ring, Trudy; Watson, Noelle; Schellinger, Paul, eds. (1994). International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa, Volume 4. Taylor & Francis. p. 250. The holy city of Echmiadzin, where the Christian church in Armenia first began...
^Stransky, Thomas F.; Sheerin, John B. (1982). Doing the Truth in Charity: Statements of Pope Paul VI, Popes John Paul I, John Paul II, and the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, 1964-1980. Paulist Press. p. 230. ...from the holy city of Etchmiadzin...
^Համայն հայոց հոգևոր մայրաքաղաքը 2700 տարեկան է, նշվեց Էջմիածնի տոնը (ֆոտոշարք) (in Armenian). Public Radio of Armenia. 8 October 2015.
^James R. Russell. Zoroastrianism in Armenia. — Harvard University Press, 1987. — P. 118.
^Emin, Gevorg (1981). Seven songs about Armenia. Progress. p. 106. ...Ashtarak, Artashat, Etchmiadzin and Abovian because they have become suburbs of Yerevan.
^Bloomfield, Paul (16 May 2015). "Armenia: mountains, monasteries and a glimpse of the land of Noah". The Times. Our first port of call was Ejmiatsin, a suburb of Yerevan and seat of the Katholikos, head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
province's capital is the town of Armavir while the largest city is Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin). The province shares a 72 km (45 mi)-long border with Turkey...
in Yerevan. Their current home stadium is the main training pitch of Vagharshapat Football Academy. During the days of the Soviet rule in Armenia, the...
FC Vagharshapat (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Վաղարշապատ), is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armavir Province...
be the Holy Lance or parts of it. They are located in Rome, Vienna, Vagharshapat and Antioch. The most prominent Holy Lance relic has been the one in...
reserection/lifefulness/joyfulness') is a medieval Armenian cathedral near Vagharshapat (Ejmiatsin), Armenia. Built in the seventh century and now lying in ruins...
in Hittin Christian Armenians praying at the Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat Muslim men praying at the Ortaköy Mosque in Istanbul Buddhist Monks performing...
dynasty of Armenia (54–428 AD), many other cities around Erebuni including Vagharshapat and Dvin flourished. Consequently, Erebuni was completely neutralized...
Church, located in the city dually known as Etchmiadzin (Ejmiatsin) and Vagharshapat, Armenia. It is usually considered the first cathedral built in ancient...
shrines to the martyrs Gayane and Hripsime in Vagharshapat on a spot indicated to him in a vision. Vagharshapat would later become home to the mother church...
baptized in an Armenian Apostolic ceremony at the Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat, Armenia. During the ceremony, she was christened with the Armenian name...
singer of all time. Aram Asatryan was born in Ejmiatsin (now known as Vagharshapat) on March 3, 1953 to Hapet Asatryan and Ashken Mampreyan. He was born...
Church, is the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, located in the city of Vagharshapat. The Armenian Apostolic Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox communion...
community, fled the city, going first to Alexandria before settling in Vagharshapat. The varying accounts of her martyrdom diverge at this point. One story...
many priests and bishops. While meditating in the old capital city of Vagharshapat, Gregory had a vision of Christ descending to the earth and striking...
landmarks in Armenia have been named after him: The central square of Vagharshapat. The Yerevan State Musical Conservatory. Komitas Avenue, the main thoroughfare...
Eremya Çelebi along with Etchmiadzin Cathedral and other churches of Vagharshapat. Ivan Aivazovsky, Valley of Mount Ararat, 1882 Yeghishe Tadevosyan, Ararat...
intended to be a recreation of the celebrated cathedral of Zvartnots at Vagharshapat. Nikolai Marr uncovered the foundations of this remarkable building in...
Apostolic Church. It is headquartered around Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armenia and is the seat of the Catholicos of All Armenians...
carved in 1291 by the artist Poghos 1298 Vagharshapat, 13th century Vagharshapat, 13th century Vagharshapat, 13th century Armenian-inscribed double khachkars...
was opened in 2020. In 2021, a Yazidi national theater was opened in Vagharshapat. Many Yazidis came to the Russian Empire (now the territory of Armenia...
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