எச்மியாட்சின் பேராலயம்: திருத்தங்களுக்கு இடையிலான வேறுபாடு

| caption = Viewதென் ofகிழக்கிலிருந்து the cathedral from the south-eastபேராலயம், 2010

|title = 483/4–1868 (தற்போதையதுதற்போது)

| height_max = not available; over {{convert|27|m|ft}} இற்கு மேல்{{efn-ua|Grigoryan wrote in 1986 that even the main dimensions of the cathedral are unknown.{{sfn|Grigoryan|1986|p=77|ps=: "...չկան նույնիսկ նրա հիմնական չափագրությունները...}} The belfry, which is shorter than the dome, is reportedly {{convert|27|m|ft}} high.<ref name="armenianchurch.org" />}}

| designation1_offname = Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the [[Zvartnots Cathedral|Archaeological Site of Zvartnots]]

| designation1_type = Culturalகலாச்சாரம்

| designation1_free1name = Regionபிராந்தியம்

'''எச்மியாட்சின் பேராலயம்''' (''Etchmiadzin Cathedral'';<!-- {{efn-ua|Less commonly referred to as the '''Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin''',<ref>{{cite book|last=Azadian|first=Edmond Y.|title=History on the Move: Views, Interviews and Essays on Armenian Issues|year=1999|publisher=Wayne State University Press|location=Detroit|isbn=978-0-8143-2916-0|page=211}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices|year=2010|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|location=Santa Barbara, California|isbn=978-1-59884-204-3|page=186|edition=2nd|editors=Melton, J. Gordon; Baumann, Martin}}</ref> '''Holy Etchmiadzin''' (Սուրբ Էջմիածին, ''Surb Ejmiatsin'') or simply '''Etchmiadzin'''. Alternatively spelled '''Echmiadzin''', '''Ejmiatsin''',<ref>{{cite web|title=Ejmiatsin|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/181608/Ejmiatsin|publisher=''[[பிரித்தானிக்கா கலைக்களஞ்சியம்]]''|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404003136/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/181608/Ejmiatsin|archivedate=4 ஏப்ரல் 2014}}</ref> and '''Edjmiadsin'''.{{sfn|Adalian|2010|p=297}}}} (--> {{lang-hy|Էջմիածնի Մայր տաճար}}, {{transl|hy|''Ēǰmiatsni மேrMayr tačar''}}) என்பது [[ஆர்மீனிய திருத்தூதர் திருச்சபை]]யின் தாய்க் கோவில் ஆகும்.<!-- {{efn-ua|The cathedral is also the central building of the [[Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin]], the administrative headquarters of the Armenian Church, which besides the cathedral includes a number of buildings, most prominent of which is the Pontifical Residence (Veharan), the official seat of the [[Catholicos of All Armenians]]. The entire complex is sometimes referred to as '''Monastery of Etchmiadzin'''.<ref name="Hewsen" />}} --> இது ஆர்மீனியாவின் [[வாகர்சபாத்]] நகரில் அமைந்துள்ளது.<!-- {{efn-ua|The city has been called Vagharshapat for the most part of its history. It officially bore the name Etchmiadzin between 1945 and 1995. Nowadays, the terms Etchmiadzin and Vagharshapat are interchangeably used.<ref>{{cite web|title=Պատմաաշխարհագրական ակնարկ [Historical-geographic overview]|url=http://armavir.gov.am/aknark/|publisher=Armavir Province: Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration|accessdate=15 ஏப்ரல் 2014|language=hy|quote=...Վաղարշապատ (1945-1995թթ. կոչվել է Էջմիածին) քաղաքը...}}</ref>}} --> பல அறிஞர்களின் கூற்றுப்படி,<!-- {{efn-ua|Architecture researcher Vahagn Grigoryan,{{sfn|Grigoryan|2012a|p=30|ps=: "Ուրեմն, Հայաստանի առաջին Կաթողիկե հաստատությունն ու շինությունը Վաղարշապատի Մայր տաճարն է:"}} author & former priest Torkom Postajian,<ref>{{cite book|last=Postajian|first=Torkom|title=The Armenian Church and the Others|date=2005|location=Glendale, California|oclc=216938598|quote=...the first Armenian Christian cathedral, which was called "Echmiadzin" (the Only-Begotten Son of God Descended).}}</ref> historians [[Tadevos Hakobyan]],<ref>{{cite book|first=Tadevos|last=Hakobian|article=Մայրաքաղաքը և քաղաքները. Էջմիածին [The capital and the cities: Etchmiadzin]|title=[[Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia]]|volume=13|year=1987|publisher=Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing|location=Yerevan|language=hy|page=623|quote=301—303-ին այստեղ հիմնվեց Կաթողիկե եկեղեցին՝ Հայաստանի քրիստ․ առաջին Մայր տաճարը։}}</ref> Z. Harutiunian,{{sfn|Harutiunian|1978|p=66|ps=: "...հիմնում (301-303) Կաթողիկե եկեղեցի՝ Հայաստանի քրիստոնեական անդրանիկ Մայր տաճար Ս. Էջմիածինը..."}} and orientalist Hasmik Hmayakyan,<ref name="Hmayakyan" /> support the view of Etchmiadzin being Armenia's first cathedral. [[Robert W. Thomson]], commenting on Agathangelos' ''History of the Armenians'', writes that Etchmiadzin was neither the first church nor the first cathedral in Armenia.<ref name="Piccolotto & Shahinian">{{cite book|editor1-last=Piccolotto|editor1-first=Moreno|editor2-last=Shahinian|editor2-first=Sarkis|title=Armenien: Tagebuch einer Reise in das Land des Ararat|date=1996|publisher=Institut für Hochbautechnik [[சுவிட்சர்லாந்து நடுவண் தொழில்நுட்ப நிறுவனம், சூரிக்]]|location=Zürich|isbn=978-3-7281-2292-6|page=110|quote=The cathedral of Edjmiadzin is according to Thomson neither the first cathedral nor the first church built by Krikor. It was preceded by the church the latter had built at Ashtishat, in Western Armenia...}}</ref>}} --> பண்டைய ஆர்மீனியாவில் இது முதலாவது பேராலயமும் (தேவாலயம் அல்ல)<!-- {{efn-ua|Etchmiadzin is sometimes called Armenia's first [[கிறித்தவத் தேவாலயம்|church building]].<ref>{{cite book|contribution=Մայր աթոռ Սուրբ Էջմիածին [Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin]|title=Դպրոցական Մեծ Հանրագիտարան, Գիրք II [Great School Encyclopedia Book II]|date=2010|publisher=[[Armenian Encyclopedia]]|location=Yerevan|url=http://www.encyclopedia.am/pages.php?bId=2&hId=1357|language=hy|quote=Սբ Էջմիածնի գլխավոր շինությունը Մայր տաճարն է. այն հայկական առաջին եկեղեցին է...}}</ref><ref name="Oxford History of Christian Worship">{{cite book|editor=[[Geoffrey Wainwright|Wainwright, Geoffrey]]|editor2=Westerfield Tucker, Karen B.|title=The Oxford History of Christian Worship|year=2005|publisher=[[ஒக்ஸ்போர்ட் பல்கலைக்கழகப் பதிப்பகம்]]|isbn=978-0-19-513886-3|page=147|quote=In a vision, Gregory was shown to build the first church in the country, in Etchmiadzin...}}</ref> However, this claim has found little support among scholars. [[Robert W. Thomson|Thomson]],<ref name="Piccolotto & Shahinian" /> [[Stepan Mnatsakanian|Mnatsakanian]],{{sfn|Mnatsakanian|1987|p=150|ps=: "Таким образом, первое церковное здание в стране было возведено именно в Аштишате, а не в Вагаршапате, как это иногда отмечается в литературе."}} and Grigoryan{{sfn|Grigoryan|2012a|p=26|ps=: "Ուրեմն, Հայաստանի առաջին եկեղեցի հաստատությունը Աշտիշատի սուրբ Երրորդություն եկեղեցին է:"}} have all rejected this claim and stated that Armenia's first church was in Ashtishat, in [[Western Armenia]]'s [[Taron (historic Armenia)|Taron]] region.}} --> உலகின் பழமையான பேராலயமும் ஆகும்.<!-- {{efn-ua|According to ''Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East'', it is "generally regarded" as the oldest cathedral in the world,<ref name="Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East">{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East|year=2008|publisher=[[Infobase Publishing]]|location=New York|isbn=978-1-4381-2676-0|page=65|editor=Stokes, Jamie|quote=Etchmiatzin is located in the west of modern Armenia, close to the border with Turkey, and its fourth-century cathedral is generally regarded as the oldest in the world.}}</ref> while historian of Christian-Muslim relations Steven Gertz wrote in ''[[Christianity Today]]'' that Etchmiadzin is regarded as such "according to some scholars."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Gertz|first=Steven|title=How Armenia "Invented" Christendom|journal=[[Christianity Today]]|location=Carol Stream, Illinois|publisher=Christianity Today International|issn=0009-5753|date=1 சனவரி 2005|issue=85|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/2005/issue85/8.46.html}}</ref> Among those who support this view are French-Armenian architect [[Édouard Utudjian]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Utudjian|first=Édouard|title=Armenian Architecture: 4th to 17th Century|year=1968|publisher=Editions A. Morancé|location=Paris|oclc=464421|page=7|authorlink=Édouard Utudjian|quote=...the oldest cathedral in Christendom, that of Etchmiadzin, founded in the 4th century.}}</ref> [[Armenologists]] Sarkis Papajian,<ref>{{cite book|last=Papajian|first=Sarkis|title=A brief history of Armenia|date=1974|publisher=[[Armenian Evangelical Union of North America]]|location=Fresno, California|quote=...he built the Cathedral of Etchmiadzin (The descent of the Only Begotten). It is the oldest Christian Cathedral in existence.}}</ref> Elisabeth Bauer-Manndorff,<ref>{{cite book|last=Bauer-Manndorff|first=Elisabeth|title=Armenia: Past and Present|year=1981|publisher=Reich Verlag|location=Lucerne|oclc=8063377|quote=Etchmiadzin, with the world's oldest cathedral and the seat of the Catholicos, draws tourists from all over the world.}}</ref> priest & professor of liturgical studies Michael Daniel Findikyan,<ref>{{cite web|last=Findikyan|first=Michael Daniel|title=Eastern Liturgy in the West: The Case of Armenian Church|url=http://ism.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Eastern%20Liturgy%20in%20the%20West.pdf|publisher=[[யேல் பல்கலைக்கழகம்]]|accessdate=4 சூலை 2014|quote=...the spot on which the first cathedral of Christendom would be built.}}</ref> and others.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Woodsworth|editor1-first=Judith|editor2-last=Delisle|editor2-first=Jean|editor1-link=Judith Woodsworth|title=Translators through History|contribution=Mesrop Mashtots and the flowering of Armenian culture|date=2012|publisher=[[John Benjamins Publishing Company]]|location=Amsterdam|isbn=9789027273819|page=6|edition=rev.|quote=...Echmiadzin Cathedral, the first cathedral in Christendom.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Benedict|first=C. T.|title=One God in One Man|date=2007|publisher=AuthorHouse|location=Milton Keynes|isbn=978-1-4343-0106-2|page=121|quote=The Holy Etchmiadzin cathedral, dates back to the fourth century, and is thought to be the oldest Christian cathedral in the world.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Holy Etchmiadzin|url=http://www.armenianchurch-ed.net/our-church/holy-etchmiadzin/|publisher=Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140613183602/http://www.armenianchurch-ed.net/our-church/holy-etchmiadzin/|archivedate=13 சூன் 2014|location=New York|quote=The cathedral dates back to the 4th century, and is reckoned the oldest Christian cathedral in world.}}</ref>}} -->

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