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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 4th-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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    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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    (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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  • FC Vagharshapat (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Վաղարշապատ), is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armavir Province...
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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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  • 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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    765 Vanadzor Vagharshapat 2 Gyumri Shirak 121,976 12 Goris Syunik 20,591 3 Vanadzor Lori 86,199 13 Charentsavan Kotayk 20,363 4 Vagharshapat Armavir 46...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    Morogoro, Tanzania (1992) Verona, Italy (2000, friendship not sister) Vagharshapat (also known as Etchmiadzin), Armenia (2009) Châteauroux, France (2016)...
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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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    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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    A seminary dormitory in Vagharshapat, Armavir Province, Armenia...
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    235 Masis: 236 Vedi: 234 Armavir: 237 Baghramyan: 233 Dalarik: 233 76 Vagharshapat: 231 Sardarapat: 237 Metsamor: 237 Myasnikyan: 233 74 Karakert: 233 75...
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    Ararat Aghjots Vank Artavazik Dvin Khor Virap Armavir Targmanchats Vank Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin, St. Gayane, St. Hripsime, St. Mary, Shoghakat) Zvartnots...
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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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    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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    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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    was opened in 2020. In 2021, a Yazidi national theater was opened in Vagharshapat. Many Yazidis came to the Russian Empire (now the territory of Armenia...
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    Saint Gayane Church (category Armenian Apostolic churches in Vagharshapat)
    pronounced Surb Gayane yekeghetsi) is a 7th-century Armenian church in Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), the religious center of Armenia. It is located within...
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    Zvartnots Cathedral, Vagharshapat, 652 Targmanchats Monastery, Aygeshat (Vagharshapat), 6-7th centuries Zvartnots Cathedral, Vagharshapat, 652 Targmanchats...
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    intended to be a recreation of the celebrated cathedral of Zvartnots at Vagharshapat. Nikolai Marr uncovered the foundations of this remarkable building in...
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