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    Etchmiadzin Cathedral (Armenian: Էջմիածնի մայր տաճար, romanized: Ēǰmiaçni mayr tač̣ar) is the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located...
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    naming. 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...
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    Armenian Apostolic Church. It is headquartered around Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armenia and is the seat of the Catholicos of All...
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    administrative headquarters of the Armenian Church, is the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, located in the city of Vagharshapat. The Armenian Apostolic Church is...
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    and Sanahin Monastery Etchmiadzin cathedral, Saint Hripsime Church, Saint Gayane Church, Shoghakat Church, Zvartnots Cathedral in Vagarshapat Geghard...
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    A cathedral is a church that contains the cathedra (Latin for 'seat') of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate...
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    became a music teacher and was appointed the choirmaster of the Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia's mother church. His earliest major influence was Kristapor...
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    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 to the...
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    Etchmiadzin Cathedral, first cathedral in the world, the mother church of all Armenians Monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya in Lebanon. Cathedral of...
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  • century. Several authors have cited the Etchmiadzin Cathedral (Armenia's mother church) as the oldest cathedral. St. Thaddeus Monastery or Qara Kelisa...
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    in Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), the religious center of Armenia. It is located within walking distance from the Etchmiadzin Cathedral of 301. St. Gayane...
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    World Heritage Site along with other nearby churches, including Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia's mother church, in 2000. It is located on a small elevation...
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  • the Near East (excluding the Holy Land proper). Etchmiadzin Cathedral Khor Virap Ghazanchetsots Cathedral Rila Monastery – largest and most famous Eastern...
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  • Echmiadzin) Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, of the Armenian...
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    the Soviet secret police. He was reburied at the courtyard of Etchmiadzin Cathedral in 1996, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, next to other Catholicoi...
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  • Turmanin monastery in Syria (Byzantine Empire) built. 483–484 – Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Armenia built. 490 – Arian Baptistry, Ravenna begun. 490s – Original...
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  • official religion (traditional date). Construction of the original Etchmiadzin Cathedral by Gregory the Illuminator begins. September 3 – The republic of...
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    report that Nouri had been crowned Patriarch at the Chaldean Pontifical Cathedral at Thrissur has been taken as vindication of his authenticity. Nevertheless...
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    baptized in an Armenian Apostolic ceremony at the baptistery in the Etchmiadzin Cathedral complex and given the Armenian name Heghine (Հեղինէ). In April 2015...
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    of Armenia. Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat (seat of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin). Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Yerevan (main...
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    king's help he did so in accordance with his vision, renaming the city Etchmiadzin, which means "the place of the descent of the Only-Begotten". Initially...
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    Basilica, Notre-Dame de Paris, Cologne Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral, Antwerp Cathedral, Prague Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral, the Basilica of Saint-Denis, Santa...
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    extension to the church. The west extension duplicates the design of Etchmiadzin Cathedral, the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The 19th century...
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    Jakarta, Indonesia St Gregory the Great, Kirknewton, Scotland Etchmiadzin Cathedral (483AD), Armenia St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim, Germany Front...
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    Detail on one of the stones Etchmiadzin Cathedral Saint Gayane Church Saint Hripsime Church Shoghakat Church Banak Cathedral Gharghavank List of tallest...
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  • Apostolic – Etchmiadzin Cathedral (Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin), Vagharshapat, Armenia Coptic Orthodox – St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbassia...
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  • Holy Etchmiadzin, the stadium is located near the southern walls of the Mother See complex. It is named after the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin which...
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    wins a victory over Germanic invaders in the battle of Vindonissa. Etchmiadzin Cathedral is completed by Gregory the Illuminator and Tiridates III, king...
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    tomb of the prophet in Hittin Christian Armenians praying at the Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat Muslim men praying at the Ortaköy Mosque in Istanbul...
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    mentioned it as the resting-place of Noah's Ark in his speech at Etchmiadzin Cathedral in 2010. Those critical of this view-point out that Ararat was the...
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