Khor Virap (Armenian: Խոր Վիրապ, lit. 'deep dungeon') is an Armenian monastery located in the Ararat Plain in Armenia, near the border with Turkey, about...
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The Khor Virap State Sanctuary is a wetland and protected area that was established within the administrative borders of Pokr Vedi village of the Ararat...
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Gregory's true identity, Tiridates had him thrown into a deep pit well called Khor Virap for 14 years. Gregory was miraculously saved from death and released after...
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on the left bank of the Araks River, at the site of the monastery of Khor Virap. It was destroyed and rebuilt several times from the 1st to the 5th centuries...
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modern-day Ararat Province, Artaxata and Dvin. It is also home to the Khor Virap monastery, significant as the place of Gregory the Illuminator's 13-year...
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killed Tiridates's father. Gregory was tortured and finally thrown in Khor Virap, a deep underground dungeon. During the years of Gregory's imprisonment...
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from outside forces. The Khor Virap Monastery is also located close to the village. Lusarat seen in the background of Khor Virap Monastery. "Ararat (Armenia):...
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several years until 1255, when he traveled to Khor Virap, establishing a seminary there. At Khor Virap, he introduced a curriculum which included philosophy...
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Space Shuttle, 18 March 2001 View of Ararat from Khor Virap, Armenia View of Ararat with the Khor Virap in the front, Armenia View of Ararat from Iğdır...
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Vahramashen Voskevaz Yeghipatrush Zarinja Ararat Aghjots Vank Artavazik Dvin Khor Virap Armavir Targmanchats Vank Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin, St. Gayane, St. Hripsime...
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Yerevan, such as Garni Temple, Zvartnots Cathedral, the monasteries of Khor Virap and Geghard, etc. Being among the top 10 safest cities in the world, Yerevan...
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The 7th-century Khor Virap monastery in the shadow of Mount Ararat, the peak on which Noah's Ark is said to have landed during the biblical flood....
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dome of the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin and the winged cross Khor Virap monastery (Chapel of St. Gregory), Ararat Plain, tombstone of St. Gregory...
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ceremony Sri Lankan Kandyan bride and groom Sri Lanka Armenian wedding at Khor Virap Traditional wedding ceremony in Jomala, Åland Hindu marriage conducted...
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persecuted by the pagan king of Armenia, and was "punished" by being thrown in Khor Virap, in modern-day Armenia. He acquired the title of Illuminator, because...
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The 7th-century Khor Virap monastery in the shadow of Mount Ararat; Armenia was the first state to adopt Christianity as the state religion in the early...
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joined by the Metsamor river during the ancient era, near the heights of Khor Virap. The story of the foundation is given by the Armenian historian Movses...
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Vahramashen Voskevaz Yeghipatrush Zarinja Ararat Aghjots Vank Artavazik Dvin Khor Virap Armavir Targmanchats Vank Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin, St. Gayane, St. Hripsime...
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Geghard Goshavank Haghartsin Monastery Haghpat Monastery Kecharis Monastery Khor Virap Noravank Sanahin Monastery Sevanavank Tatev Monastery List of Christian...
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Vahramashen Voskevaz Yeghipatrush Zarinja Ararat Aghjots Vank Artavazik Dvin Khor Virap Armavir Targmanchats Vank Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin, St. Gayane, St. Hripsime...
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Vahramashen Voskevaz Yeghipatrush Zarinja Ararat Aghjots Vank Artavazik Dvin Khor Virap Armavir Targmanchats Vank Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin, St. Gayane, St. Hripsime...
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chapel over the pit of imprisonment of St. Gregory the Illuminator at Khor Virap (which was replaced a thousand years later by the current church) and...
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Vahramashen Voskevaz Yeghipatrush Zarinja Ararat Aghjots Vank Artavazik Dvin Khor Virap Armavir Targmanchats Vank Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin, St. Gayane, St. Hripsime...
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before 4000 BC. Vazgen Tevanyan, freestyle wrestler and European champion Khor Virap Monastery, Armenia, and Mount Ararat. Satellite image Map of Ararat Plain...
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Forest Sanctuary Jermuk Hydrological Sanctuary Juniper Woodlands Sanctuary Khor Virap Sanctuary Margahovit Sanctuary Rhododendron caucasicum Sanctuary Plane...
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of his father's killer, he had Gregory thrown into a deep pit called Khor Virap near Artaxata, where he remained for thirteen (or fifteen) years. In the...
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Vahramashen Voskevaz Yeghipatrush Zarinja Ararat Aghjots Vank Artavazik Dvin Khor Virap Armavir Targmanchats Vank Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin, St. Gayane, St. Hripsime...
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losses and then took defensive positions along the Aghdamlar–Masumlu–Yova–Khor Virap line on the Aras River. Simultaneously, insurgents from Aralykh struck...
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Vahramashen Voskevaz Yeghipatrush Zarinja Ararat Aghjots Vank Artavazik Dvin Khor Virap Armavir Targmanchats Vank Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin, St. Gayane, St. Hripsime...
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Vahramashen Voskevaz Yeghipatrush Zarinja Ararat Aghjots Vank Artavazik Dvin Khor Virap Armavir Targmanchats Vank Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin, St. Gayane, St. Hripsime...
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