Parpi
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Parpi (Template:Langx) is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It is home to the 5th-century Tsiranavor Church, with 7th- and 10th-century modifications. There is also S. Grigor or S. Grigor Lusavorich (Gregory the Illuminator) Church and the 7th-century (rebuilt 10th-11th century) Targmanchats (Holy Translator) Church located in a medieval-modern cemetery on a hill to the east. Nearby is a cave with a working door, used as a place of refuge between the 16th and 18th centuries.[1][2]
History
The 5th- to 6th-century Armenian chronicler and historian Ghazar Parpetsi was born at Parpi in AD 442. He is recognized for writing History of Armenia, sometime in the early 6th century.[1] Parpi is known to have had a brief visit during October 1734 by Abraham Kretatsi during the time while he was serving the Catholicos Abraham II. He wrote:
The village is also mentioned in a 13th-century inscription on the southern wall of the Katoghike Church of the Astvatsnkal Monastery built between the 5th and 13th centuries in the village of Hartavan.[2] It reads as follows:
Notable People
- Nazar Albaryan, was an Armenian wrestler.
Gallery
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Targmanchats Church, 7th century
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Tsiranavor Church, 5th century
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Tsiranavor Church, 5th century
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S. Grigor Lusavorich Church
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Parpi Stadium opened in 2013
See also
References
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- Parpi at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazetteer: ArmeniaScript error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census
Bibliography
- Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, pp. 15, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website