«Մասնակից:ԱշոտՏՆՂ/2»–ի խմբագրումների տարբերություն

===Վերակառուցում և անկում===

[[File:Etchmiadzin Cathedral 5th century plan.png|220px|thumb|The ground plan of the cathedral after the 5th century reconstruction.]]

 

 

In 387, Armenia was [[Peace of Acilisene|partitioned]] between the [[Roman Empire]] and the [[Sasanian Empire]]. The eastern part of Armenia where Etchmiadzin was located remained under the rule of Armenian vassal kings subject to Persia until 428, when the Armenian Kingdom was dissolved.<ref name="Hacikyan">{{cite book|last1=Hacikyan|first1=Agop Jack|authorlink1=Agop Jack Hacikyan|last2=Basmajian|first2=Gabriel|last3=Franchuk|first3=Edward S.|last4=Ouzounian|first4=Nourhan|title=The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Oral Tradition to the Golden Age|volume=1|year=2000|publisher=Wayne State University Press|location=Detroit|isbn=978-0-8143-2815-6|page=168}}</ref> In 450, in an attempt to impose [[Zoroastrianism]] on Armenians, Sasanian King [[Yazdegerd II]] built a [[fire temple]] inside the cathedral.{{sfn|Arakelian|Yeremian|Arevshatian|Bartikian|1984|p=572}} The pyre of the fire temple was unearthed under the altar of the east apse during the excavations in the 1950s.<ref name="csufresno"/>{{efn-ua|The remains of the 4th century apse, the fire temple and other architectural details are now kept at a special structure built relatively recently under the east apse.{{sfn|Arakelian|Yeremian|Arevshatian|Bartikian|1984|p=572}}}}