«Մասնակից:ԱշոտՏՆՂ/2»–ի խմբագրումների տարբերություն

'''Էջմիածնի Մայր Տաճար''', Հայ առաքելական եկեղեցու մայր տաճարը{{ref|Alpha1|Ա}}: Գտնվում է Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Վաղարշապատ քաղաքում{{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]2|url=http://armavir.gov.am/aknark/|publisher=Armavir Province: Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration|accessdate=15 April 2014|language=hy|quote=...Վաղարշապատ (1945-1995թթ. կոչվել է Էջմիածին) քաղաքը...}}</ref>Բ}}: Գիտնականների մեծ մասի կարծիքով{{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=Postajian3|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 [[ETH Zurich]]|location=Zürich|isbn=9783728122926|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>Գ}} անտիկ Հայաստանի առաջին մայր տաճարն է (բայց ոչ առաջին եկեղեցին){{efn-ua|Etchmiadzin is sometimes called Armenia's first [[Church (building)|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=[[Oxford University Press]]|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.}} և համարվում է աշխարհի ամենահին մայր տաճարներից մեկը{{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 January 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=[[Yale University]]|accessdate=4 July 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=9781434301062|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 June 2014|location=New York|quote=The cathedral dates back to the 4th century, and is reckoned the oldest Christian cathedral in world.}}</ref>}}:

:{{note|Alpha1|Ա}} 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"/>