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Crowns for Armenia
Armenia, a land of towering mountains, fertile valleys, shimmering lakes[1] , and shifting borders, is located on the continent of Asia, between the Black and the Caspian Seas, pressed between Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. In the past, Greater Armenia’s borders have extended: North to the Caucasian mountains and the river Kur, East to the Caspian Sea, and West to include Lakes Van and Urmia, … More →
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Tagged Archbishop Ignatius Maloyan, Armenia, Babylon, Bishop Addé, Blessed Gomidas Keumurgian, Council of Ephesus, Diocletian, Forty Holy Martyrs, King Abgar, King Aram, Mount Ararat, Persia, Rhipsime, Saint Aristakes, Saint Gregory the Illuminator, Saint Philomena, Saint Vartanes, Saints Mesrop and Sahak, The Battle of Avaraye, Thogorma, Vartapet Mekhitar of Sivas, Zoroastrians
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