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    40°10′22″N 44°17′33″E / 40.17278°N 44.29250°E / 40.17278; 44.29250 Vagharshapat (Armenian: Վաղարշապատ pronounced [vɑʁɑɾʃɑˈpɑt]) is the 5th-largest city...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 40°03′17″N 44°18′10″E / 40.05472°N 44.30278°E / 40.05472; 44.30278 Araks (Armenian: Արաքս), known as Nerkin Karkhun and Sharifabad until 1946, is a...
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  • FC Vagharshapat (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Վաղարշապատ), is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armavir Province...
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    reserection/lifefulness/joyfulness') is a medieval Armenian cathedral near Vagharshapat (Ejmiatsin), Armenia. Built in the seventh century and now lying in ruins...
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  • 40°11′36″N 44°22′07″E / 40.19333°N 44.36861°E / 40.19333; 44.36861 Baghramyan (Armenian: Բաղրամյան) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia...
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  • Karapetyan (Armenian: Անդրանիկ Կարապետյան; born December 15, 1995, in Vagharshapat, Armenia), is an Armenian weightlifter. He was selected to compete for...
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    Tavush 18,689 4 Abovyan Kotayk 46,434 14 Gavar Gegharkunik 17,741 5 Vagharshapat Armavir 44,837 15 Artik Shirak 17,647 6 Hrazdan Kotayk 44,231 16 Goris...
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    (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին Եկեղեցի), is a church located in the town of Vagharshapat, Armenia. It was built in 1767, during the reign of Catholicos Simeon...
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    in Hittin Christian Armenians praying at the Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat Muslim men praying at the Ortaköy Mosque in Istanbul Buddhist Monks performing...
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    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...
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    and was built to resemble the Saint Hripsime Church in Etchmiadzin (Vagharshapat). St. Vartan's was consecrated on April 28, 1968, by Vazgen I, Catholicos...
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    Apostolic Church. It is headquartered around Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armenia and is the seat of the Catholicos of All Armenians...
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    dynasty of Armenia (54–428 AD), many other cities around Erebuni including Vagharshapat and Dvin flourished. Consequently, Erebuni was completely neutralized...
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    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...
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    population was 120,000 and it also had many temples and an amphitheater. Vagharshapat – In the first half of the 1st century, during the reign of the Armenian...
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    baptized in an Armenian Apostolic ceremony at the Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat, Armenia. During the ceremony, she was christened with the Armenian name...
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    community, fled the city, going first to Alexandria before settling in Vagharshapat. The varying accounts of her martyrdom diverge at this point. One story...
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    Etchmiadzin Cathedral (category Armenian Apostolic churches in Vagharshapat)
    Church, located in the city dually known as Etchmiadzin (Ejmiatsin) and Vagharshapat, Armenia. It is usually considered the first cathedral built in ancient...
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    Morogoro, Tanzania (1992) Verona, Italy (2000, friendship not sister) Vagharshapat (also known as Etchmiadzin), Armenia (2009) Châteauroux, France (2016)...
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    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...
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    landmarks in Armenia have been named after him: The central square of Vagharshapat. The Yerevan State Musical Conservatory. Komitas Avenue, the main thoroughfare...
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    the withdrawal of the Sasanians in Armenia and recovery of Dvin and Vagharshapat. Struggling to suppress the revolt of his brother Zarir, Peroz's successor...
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    Eremya Çelebi along with Etchmiadzin Cathedral and other churches of Vagharshapat. Ivan Aivazovsky, Valley of Mount Ararat, 1882 Yeghishe Tadevosyan, Ararat...
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  • Aygeshat (Armenian: Այգեշատ; also, Aigeshat, known as Hajighara until 1935), is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is home to the ruined...
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    Apostolic Church is the national church of Armenia. Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat (seat of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin). Saint Gregory the Illuminator...
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    A seminary dormitory in Vagharshapat, Armavir Province, Armenia...
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    father as King of Armenia. When Khosrov became king, his capital was Vagharshapat. He had two children: a daughter, Khosrovidukht, and a son, Tiridates...
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    the martyred nuns Gayane and Hripsime in Vagharshapat on a spot indicated to him in a vision. Vagharshapat later became home to the mother church of...
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