«Մասնակից:ԱշոտՏՆՂ/2»–ի խմբագրումների տարբերություն

 

==Ծանոթագրություններ==

:{{note|1|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"/>

:{{note|2|Բ}} 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 April 2014|language=hy|quote=...Վաղարշապատ (1945-1995թթ. կոչվել է Էջմիածին) քաղաքը...}}</ref>

:{{note|5|Ե}} 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|6|Զ}} [[Malachia Ormanian]] suggested that the cathedral was built within seven months, from February to August 303 because "the construction material was ready and the building was not huge and probably, partially made of wood and the people's desire and effort [to build the cathedral] was great." He added, "It's not impossible to think that the base of the preexisting temple could have been used." Architecture researcher Vahagn Grigoryan dismisses these dates as "impossible" and states that at least several years were needed to built the cathedral. He cites [[Agathangelos]], who does not mention the cathedral in an episode that took place in 306. He instead suggests the usage of the span of 302 to 325—the reign of Gregory the Illuminator as Catholicos.{{sfn|Grigoryan|2012a|pp=28-29}}

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