Vagharshapat

Vagharshapat (Armenie: Վաղարշապատ), commonly kent as Ejmiatsin in Eastren Armenie an Echmiadzin in Wastren Armenie (Armenie: Էջմիածին), is the fowert-lairgest ceety in Armenie an the spiritual centre o the Armenies, as it is the seat o the Catholicos o Aw Armenies, the heid o the Holy Armenie Apostolic Kirk. It is the maist populous ceety in Armavir Province, locatit aboot 18 km wast o Yerevan, 25 km east o the regional centre o Armavir, anerlie 10 km north o the Armenie-Turkis border. The 1989 census coontit the population o Ejmiatsin as 61,000; it haes declined somewha syne: 58,388 in the 2001 census, an an estimatit 56,757 in 2008.

Internaitional relations

Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin) is a memmer o the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) since 2007.

Sister ceeties

Currently, Vagharshapat-Ejmiatsin haes 6 sister ceeties:

  • Issy-les-Moulineaux, Fraunce syne 1989
  • Petrozavodsk, Roushie syne 2004
  • Fresno, Californie, USA syne 2009
  • Sergiyev Posad, Roushie syne 2010
  • Hadrut, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic syne 2010
  • Martakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic syne 2010

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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.
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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
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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.
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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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