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Within Vinony's link graph, St. Hripsime is referenced by 281 other articles, and connects out to National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Rafael Israelyan.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It sits within the topics 618 establishments, 7th-century churches in Armenia and Armenian Apostolic churches in Vagharshapat.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Affiliation
- Armenian Apostolic Church
- Status
- Active
- Location
- 85 Mesrop Mashtots Street, Vagharshapat , Armavir Province , Armenia
- Type
- Domed tetraconch
- Style
- Armenian
- Founder
- Catholicos Komitas
- Completed
- c. 618 (church) , 1653 (portico) , 1790 (belfry)
- Length
- 22.8 m (75 ft)
- Width
- 17.7 m (58 ft)
- Interior area
- 212 m (2,280 sq ft)
- Height max
- 32 m (105 ft)
- Dome height inner
- 23 m (75 ft)
- Criteria
- (ii) (iii)
- Designated
- 2000 (24th session )
- Reference no
- 1011-004
- Region
- Western Asia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cultural property
- Named after
- Rhipsime
- Religion
- Armenian Apostolic Church
- Country
- Armenia
- Located in
- Vagharshapat
- Image
- St. Hripsime church in Vagharshapat msu-2018 11-2.jpg
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- Commons category
- St. Hripsime church, Vagharshapat
- inception
- 0601-01-17
- directions
- Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց - Գր. Նարեկացի փ. խաչմերուկ
- architectural style
- Armenian architecture
- diocese
- Araratian Pontifical Diocese
- commemorates
- Rhipsime
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Encyclopedic overview
Saint Hripsime Church is a seventh-century Armenian Apostolic church in the city of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armenia. It was built in 618 by Catholicos Komitas over the tomb of Hripsime, a Roman virgin and a key figure in the Christianization of Armenia.
Standing largely intact since its construction, the church has been widely admired for its architecture and proportions. Considered a masterpiece of classical Armenian architecture, it has influenced many other Armenian churches. It features innovations, namely trapezoidal niches and conical squinches, containing their first dated examples, a windowed drum, and the only example in Armenia of turrets at the base of the drum serving as anchors and buttresses. The two inscriptions left by Komitas constitute the second-earliest extant Armenian-language inscriptions. The church was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with other nearby churches, including Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia's mother church, in 2000.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “St. Hripsime” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.