Ejmiatsin & Zvartnots

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Ejmiatsin / Echmiadzin / Etchmiadzin (Vagharshapat) & Zvartnots

Էջմիածին (Վաղարշապատ) & Զուարթնոց

Official seal of Vagharshapat

Էջմիածնի Մայր տաճար. Ēǰmiatsni Mayr tačar (Etchmiadzin Cathedral)
Gate of Vazgen I
Seminary Dormitories
Սրբոց Հրեշտակապետաց եկեղեցի (Church of the Holy Archangels)
Gevorgian Seminary
Գևորգյան Ճեմարան. Gevorgyan Č̣emaran (Gevorgian Seminary)
Gate of Saint Gregory and the Altar
Gate of Saint Gregory
Close up view of the Cathedral
Church porch’s ceiling
Gate of King Trdat
The main entrance
Chandelier
Vaults
Frescoes
Holy objects
Dome
The tomb of Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Clock tower
Armenian Genocide Memorial in front of Sts. Vartan & Hovhannes Baptistery
The Christian Education Centre at the old seminary building
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Manuscript Library
Tombstones
Սուրբ Գայանե եկեղեցի (Church of Saint Gayane)
Graveyard
Tombs
Inside of the church
Altar
Relics
Saint Gayane’s tomb
Saint Gayane Church of 630
That’s a big house!
Խորեն Տեր-Հարությանի թանգարան (Khoren Der Harootian museum)
Komitas Park
Monument to Komitas
Clown
Beauty sleep
Post office in Vagharshapat
The house museum of Hovhanes Hovhanisjian
Makar Yekmalyan’s bust
Komitas Park
Deserted building
No one lives here
Soviet-era World War II memorial
Komitas palace of culture in Vagharshapat
83, Mesrop Mashtots Street
83, Mesrop Mashtots Street
Interior of the church
Votive candles
Tomb of St Hripsime
Front view
The Holy Hand – “Havadk, Houys, Ser” (Belief, Hope, Love)
Armenian eagle
7th-century Cathedral of Zvartnots
Rebuilt sections
Entrance
The remains of the church
Columns in the church ruins
School trippers