Holy Mother of God the Mighty Church
Squat seventeenth-century stone basilica rebuilt after an earthquake, its name honoring a gospel deemed miraculous.
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This guide to the Holy Mother of God the Mighty Church in Yerevan traces a deal struck in the 1690s: after the 1679 earthquake flattened the monastery built around the reputed tomb of the apostle Ananias, the wealthy merchant Khoja Panos paid to rebuild it, asking for little more than a few carved stone crosses in return. You'll hear about the khachkars set into the eastern wall and the small, centuries-old gospel manuscript that generations of worshippers have treated as more than just a book. Look for the carved crosses along the east wall as you walk past.
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