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Saint Shoghakat Church

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The Church of Shoghakat that means "drop of light" because of the ray of light that came down from heaven upon Hripsimé's martyrs) was erected in 1694 by Prince Aghamal Sorotetsi during the reign of Catholicos Nahabed I in the city of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin, Ejimadzin)

Updated on 27 May 2024

Petrozavodsk, Vagharshapat, Armenia

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