Shoghakat Church | |
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Շողակաթ եկեղեցի | |
Shoghakat Church, August 2009 | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Armenian Apostolic Church |
Location | |
Location | Vagharshapat, Armavir Province, Armenia |
Geographic coordinates | 40°10′05″N 44°18′18″E / 40.168044°N 44.304936°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Domed single nave basilica |
Style | Armenian |
Completed | 1694 |
Dome(s) | 1 |
Official name: Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots | |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | (ii) (iii) |
Designated | 2000 (24th session) |
Reference no. | 1011-005 |
Region | Western Asia |
The Church of Shoghakat (Armenian: Շողակաթ եկեղեցի; meaning "drop of light" because of the ray of light that came down from heaven upon Hripsime's martyrs) was erected in 1694 by Prince Aghamal Sorotetsi during the reign of Catholicos Nahabed I in the city of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), in Armenia's Armavir Province.
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