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Echmiadzin Slideshow
Echmiadzin
Travel Blogs from Echmiadzin, Armenia
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Around Yerevan, part II: Khatchkars and Chats
This is a top pick! ... Tiridates the Third in 301 A.D. I visited the site where St. Gregory had his holy vision, now the Mother Church of Armenia, at Echmiadzin, the holy seat of the Armenian Catholicos. Here people came to pray, kissing pictures of saints, Jesus, and the ...
St Hripsime Church
On our way to St Hripsme Church, we stop at the ruins of Zvartnots. Only a few columns remain standing after earthquakes, but Naira brings the place to life for us. She describes how this was an amazing building, a change in architectural style and ...
Sunday service
... music script) and Naira's great-grandfather both studied. The former was maddened during the genocide; the latter murdered. Echmiadzin was the capital of Armenia from 184-320AD and remains the spiritual home of the Kotholikos, the head of the Armenian ...
Armenia's own Vatican
... Cathedral, which was clearly more majestetic and colourful than the other churches I have seen in Armenia. The Cathedral of St. Echmiadzin was built in the beginning of 4th century (some original parts still left!!!!) making ...
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