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... 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 Virgin Mary ...
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 ...
... 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 Church ...
See the entry for Yerevan, "The Search for Alexander."
