Vagharshapat

What this place is

• School or library — where the translating was centred once Mashtots had made the Armenian letters — the scriptures put into Armenian, and schools opened for the children who would read them
• Imperial capital — the capital of Arsacid Armenia from about 120 until the royal court moved on to Dvin in the fourth century

Seat of

• Catholicos of All Armenians

Who is recorded here

• Khosrov II of Armenia death · AD 287
• Gregory the Illuminator ministry · AD 301
• Mesrop Mashtots death · AD 440

What happened here

• Conversion of Armenia AD 301
• Mesrop makes an alphabet and Isaac translates the Bible AD 405

In art

• File:Echmiadzin-cathedral.jpg — Author of the photo is Heretiq
• File:Etchmiadzin Cathedral Thecla & Paul.png — Josef Strzygowski
• File:Etchmiadzin Cathedral view.jpg — Spasavor
• File:Etchmiadzin Cathedral, portal.jpg — Palickap
• File:Etchmiadzin Cathedral 2024.jpg — Antisyntagmatarchos

About the place

Vagharshapat is the fifth largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about 18 km (11 mi) west of the capital Yerevan, and 10 km (6 mi) north of the Turkish-Armenian border. It is commonly known as Ejmiatsin, which was its official name between 1945 and 1995.

From Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-08-14 · CC BY-SA 4.0