Tomb, St Hripsime Church, Monastery of Etchmiadzin, Vagharshapat, Armenia
Tomb of St Hiripsime, who rebuffed Roman emperor Diocletian and king Tiridates III and was martyred here, in the crypt of St Hripsime Church, founded 618 AD by Catholicos Komitas I Aghtsetsi, built over the 4th century mausoleum on the site of the martyrdom of St Hripsime, expanded 18th and 19th centuries, at the complex of the Monastery of Etchmiadzin, home of the Armenian Apostolic Church, at Vagharshapat or Etchmiadzin, Armavir, Armenia. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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