Central Armenia
Armavir Province
Vagharshapat Municipality

Echmiadzin

Echmiadzin, in , is fourth-largest city. It was officially renamed Vagharshapat in 1995, but the old name is still in common use colloquially and in some official contexts.
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  • Type: Town with 46,400 residents
  • Description: city in Armenia
  • Also known as: “Artemed”, “Avan Vardgesi”, “Caenepolis”, “Echmiatsin”, “Ēǰmiajin”, “Ejmiatsin”, “Etchmiadzin”, “Iejmiatsin”, “Kaynepolis”, “Kayrak’aghak’”, “Norak’aghak’”, “Uch’k’ilisa”, “Üçkilise”, “Vagharshapat”, “Vałaršapat”, “Valeroktista”, “Vardgesavan”, and “埃奇米亞津”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Etchmiadzin Cathedral and Saint Hripsime Church.

Church
Photo: Heretiq, Public domain.
is the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located in the city dually known as Etchmiadzin and Vagharshapat, .

Church
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is a seventh-century Armenian Apostolic church in the city of Vagharshapat, Armenia. It was built in 618 by Catholicos Komitas over the tomb of Hripsime, a Roman virgin murdered by Tiridates III and a key figure in the Christianization of Armenia.

Church
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The is a 7th-century Armenian church in Vagharshapat, the religious center of . It is located within walking distance from the of 301.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Artimet and Tsaghkunk.

Village
is a village in the of . The church of the village named after Saint Gregory the Illuminator, dates back to 1876. has a population of 1,704 at the 2011 census, up from 1,630 at the 2001 census.

Village
is a town in the Armavir Province of . The town's church dates from the 19th century.

Village
is a village in the of . is situated 3½ km northwest of Echmiadzin.

Echmiadzin

Latitude
40.1628° or 40° 9′ 46″ north
Longitude
44.2932° or 44° 17′ 35″ east
Population
46,400
Elevation
853 metres (2,799 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AM EZN
Open location code
8HG6577V+47
Open­Street­Map ID
node 130042088
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
616062
Wiki­data ID
Q183394
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Echmiadzin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إتشميادزين”
  • Arabic: “فاغارشابات”
  • Armenian: “Ejmiatsin”
  • Armenian: “Vagharshapat”
  • Armenian: “Ավան Վարդգեսի”
  • Armenian: “Արտեմեդ”
  • Armenian: “Արտիմեդ”
  • Armenian: “Էջմիածին”
  • Armenian: “Իեջմիածին”
  • Armenian: “Կայնեպոլիս”
  • Armenian: “Նոր Քաղաք”
  • Armenian: “Ուչքիլիսա”
  • Armenian: “Վաղարշապատ”
  • Armenian: “Վարդգեսավան”
  • Armenian: “Քաղաքամայր”
  • Armenian: “Քաղաքուդաշտ”
  • Asturian: “Echmiadzin”
  • Asturian: “Ejmiatsin”
  • Asturian: “Vagharshapat”
  • Azerbaijani: “Eçmiədzin”
  • Azerbaijani: “Üçkilsə”
  • Azerbaijani: “Еçmiədzin”
  • Bashkir: “Вагаршапат”
  • Bashkir: “Вағаршапат”
  • Basque: “Ejmiatsin”
  • Belarusian: “Вагаршапат”
  • Belarusian: “Эчміядзін”
  • Bulgarian: “Вагаршапат”
  • Catalan: “Cenèpolis”
  • Catalan: “Edjmiatsín”
  • Catalan: “Vagharxapat”
  • Cebuano: “Ejmiatsin”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڤاغارشاپات”
  • Chechen: “Вагаршапат”
  • Chinese: “Etchmiadzin”
  • Chinese: “埃奇米阿津”
  • Chinese: “瓦加尔沙帕特”
  • Chinese: “瓦加爾沙帕特”
  • Croatian: “Ečmiadzin”
  • Croatian: “Ečmijadzin”
  • Croatian: “Ejmiatsin”
  • Croatian: “Vagaršapat”
  • Czech: “Ečmiadzin”
  • Czech: “Vagharšapat”
  • Danish: “Vagharsjapat”
  • Dutch: “Echmiadzin”
  • Dutch: “Echmiatsin”
  • Dutch: “Ecmiadzin”
  • Dutch: “Edsjmiadsin”
  • Dutch: “Edsjmiatsin”
  • Dutch: “Edzjmiatsin”
  • Dutch: “Etsmiadzin”
  • Dutch: “Vagharsjapat”
  • Esperanto: “Eĉmiadzin”
  • Estonian: “Edžmiatsin”
  • Estonian: “Etšhmiadzin”
  • Estonian: “Vagharšapat”
  • Finnish: “Echmiatsin”
  • Finnish: “Etšmiadzin”
  • Finnish: “Vagharšapat”
  • French: “Echmiadsin”
  • French: “Echmiadzin”
  • French: “Echmiadzine”
  • French: “Echmiatsin”
  • French: “Edjmiadcin”
  • French: “Etchmiadsin”
  • French: “Etchmiadzin”
  • French: “Etchmiadzine”
  • French: “Etchmiatsin”
  • French: “Etchmiatzin”
  • French: “Etjmiadzin”
  • French: “Vagharchapat”
  • French: “Vagharshapat”
  • French: “Էջմիածին”
  • French: “Վաղարշապատ”
  • Galician: “Echmiadzin”
  • Galician: “Ejmiatsin”
  • Galician: “Etchmiadzin”
  • Galician: “Vagharshapat”
  • Georgian: “ეჩმიაძინი”
  • Georgian: “ეჩმიაწინი”
  • Georgian: “ეჯმიაწინი”
  • Georgian: “ვაგარშაპატი”
  • Georgian: “ვალარშაპატი”
  • Georgian: “ვაღარშაპატი”
  • Georgian: “Էջմիածին”
  • German: “Echmiadzin”
  • German: “Ečmiadzin”
  • German: “Edschmiadzin”
  • German: “Etschmiadsin”
  • German: “Kainepolis”
  • German: “Wagarschapat”
  • German: “Wagharschapat”
  • Greek: “Βαγαρσαπάτ”
  • Greek: “Ετσμιαντζίν”
  • Greek: “Ετσμιατζίν”
  • Hebrew: “אצ’מיאדזין”
  • Hebrew: “וארארשאפאט”
  • Hebrew: “ואראשאפאט”
  • Hindi: “वघारशपत”
  • Hungarian: “Ecsmiadzin”
  • Hungarian: “Vagarsapat”
  • Indonesian: “Echmiadzin”
  • Indonesian: “Vagharshapat”
  • Italian: “Echmiadzin”
  • Italian: “Vagharchapad”
  • Italian: “Vagharshapat”
  • Japanese: “エチミアジン”
  • Korean: “바가르샤파트”
  • Korean: “에치미아진”
  • Kurdish: “Vaxarşapat”
  • Latvian: “Vagaršapata”
  • Lithuanian: “Ečmiadzinas”
  • Lithuanian: “Vagaršapatas”
  • Lithuanian: “Vaharšapatas”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Vagharšapat”
  • Macedonian: “Вагаршапат”
  • Macedonian: “Ечмијаѕин”
  • Malay: “Echmiadzin”
  • Malay: “Vagharshapat, Armenia”
  • Malayalam: “വഘാർഷപത്”
  • Mazanderani: “اچمیادزین”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Etchmiadzin”
  • Mongolian: “Эчмиацин”
  • Nauru: “Echmiadzin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Echmiadzin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Edzjmiatsin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Etchmiadzin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Etsjmiadzin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vagharsapat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vagharshapat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vagharsjapat”
  • Norwegian: “Vagharsjapat”
  • Ossetian: “Вагаршапат”
  • Ossetian: “Эчмиадзин”
  • Persian: “اچمیادزین”
  • Persian: “بلاش آباد”
  • Persian: “بلاش اباد”
  • Persian: “بلاش‌آباد”
  • Persian: “بلاش‌اباد”
  • Persian: “واغارشاپات”
  • Polish: “Eczmiadzyn”
  • Polish: “Wagharszapat”
  • Portuguese: “Vagharshapat”
  • Portuguese: “Valarsapate”
  • Romanian: “Echmiadzin”
  • Romanian: “Ecimiadzin”
  • Romanian: “Vagharshapat”
  • Russian: “Вагаршапат”
  • Russian: “Учкилиса”
  • Russian: “Эчмиадзин”
  • Scots: “Vagharshapat”
  • Serbian: “Vagaršapat”
  • Serbian: “Вагаршапат”
  • Serbian: “Ечмиадзин”
  • Serbian: “Ечмијадзин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ečmiadzin”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ečmijadzin”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ečmijazdin”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vagaršapat”
  • Slovak: “Ečmiadzin”
  • Slovak: “Vagaršapat”
  • Slovenian: “Echmiadzin”
  • Slovenian: “Ečmiadzin”
  • Slovenian: “Edžmiacin”
  • Slovenian: “Vagaršapat”
  • Slovenian: “Vagharšapat”
  • South Azerbaijani: “واغارشاپات”
  • Spanish: “Echmiadzin”
  • Spanish: “Echmiadzín”
  • Spanish: “Ejmiatsin”
  • Spanish: “Ejmiatzin”
  • Spanish: “Vagharshapat”
  • Swedish: “Edzjmiatsin”
  • Swedish: “Etjmiadzin”
  • Swedish: “Vagharsjapat”
  • Tamil: “வாகர்சபாத்”
  • Thai: “วาการ์สชาพัต”
  • Turkish: “Eçmiadzin”
  • Turkish: “Eçmiyazin”
  • Ukrainian: “Вагаршапат”
  • Ukrainian: “Ечміадзин”
  • Ukrainian: “Ечміадзін”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Wagaršapat”
  • Urdu: “واغارشاپات”
  • Uzbek: “Echmiadzin”
  • Veps: “Vagaršapat”
  • Vietnamese: “Echmiadzin”
  • Vietnamese: “Vagharshapat, Armavir”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Etchmiadzin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vagharshapat”
  • Western Armenian: “Վաղարշապատ”
  • Western Frisian: “Vagharsjapat”
  • Western Panjabi: “واغارشاپات”
  • Wu Chinese: “瓦加尔沙帕特”

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