Shoghakat

Shoghakat

The Shoghakat church is situated in the spiritual center of Armenia, in Vagharshapat city of Armavir region. The church was built in the 17-th century and it is supposed that it was built on the basis of an earlier building. According to the legend the church was built at the location where the «rays dripped» upon Christian Hripsime’s martyrs. The name of the church came from here.

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