Holy Mother of God Katoghike Church
Tiny thirteenth-century tuff stone chapel, uncovered inside a larger church during a nineteen thirties demolition.
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This guide to the Holy Mother of God Katoghike Church in Yerevan starts with a demolition crew's pickaxes in the winter of 1936, sent to clear this corner for Soviet city planning. It traces what those laborers found hidden inside the church they were tearing down: a rougher, older wall, a stonemason's carved name, and a merchant's donated chapel from centuries before. Listen for how the story turns on a race between archaeologists and a construction schedule.
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