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40°32′19″N 44°28′28″E / 40.53861°N 44.47444°E / 40.53861; 44.47444

Yeghipatrush Եղիպատրուշ
The village of Yeghipatrush
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Coordinates: 40°32′19″N 44°28′28″E / 40.53861°N 44.47444°E / 40.53861; 44.47444
Country	Armenia
Province	Aragatsotn
Municipality	Aparan
Elevation	2,000 m (7,000 ft)
Population
• Total	819
Time zone	UTC+4

Yeghipatrush (Armenian: Եղիպատրուշ), is a village in the: Aparan Municipality of 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.

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  S. Astvatsatsin Church
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  Double-khachkar shrine
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  5th-century basilica ruins in cemetery

References※

• Yeghipatrush at GEOnet Names Server
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 22, available online at the US embassy——to Armenia's website
• Yeghipatrush in istoka.com

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