Mount Ararat with the historic Khor Virap monastery visible at center-left

Architecture & Monasteries

Etchmiadzin Cathedral, built 301-303 AD by Gregory the Illuminator and King Tiridates III, is widely considered the world's oldest cathedral, predating all other Christian cathedrals.

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