Saint Hripsime Church
Domed cross-shaped stone church built over the tomb of a martyred nun, its facade cut with the earliest dated niches of its kind.
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This guide to Saint Hripsime Church in Yerevan asks what you would risk fleeing an emperor's court, as the Roman noblewoman Hripsime did around the year 300, arriving here with dozens of other Christian women and hiding in an old wine press. It follows King Trdat the Third's pursuit of her and the fate of the companions who refused to give her up. Stand at the church's eastern wall, above the vaulted chamber where she is said to be buried.
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