Yeghipatrush

Yeghipatrush Եղիպատրուշ
The village of Yeghipatrush The village of Yeghipatrush
Yeghipatrush
Coordinates:
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Aragatsotn Province՞Aragatsotn
Population (2011)
• Total	819
Time zone	(UTC+4)

Yeghipatrush (Armenian: Եղիպատրուշ, until 1945, Tanjrlu, from 1945–1992, Mravyan), is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. During the Soviet period, the town was renamed in honor of Askanaz Mravyan, Soviet Armenian Cultural Commissar. The town has a 10th- to 13th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin. Some 100 meters beyond the church is an early cemetery with one corner of an allegedly 5th-century basilica as well as a khachkar shrine.

Gallery

• Armenian Church in Yeghipatrush.JPG

  S. Astvatsatsin Church

• Yeghipatrush 05.jpg

  Double-khachkar shrine

• Yeghipatrush Church ruins3.JPG

  5th-century basilica ruins in cemetery

References

• Yeghipatrush at GEOnet Names Server
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
• Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 22, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website