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Shoghakat Church

Vagharshapat, Armenia · built 1694

Shoghakat Church
Shoghakat Church. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Church of Shoghakat (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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