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It is thought that King Gagik (who reigned from the year 990 to 1020) chose the architect Trdat (the man who designed the Cathedral of Ani) to build his "millennium" church, and it was probably erected between the years
1001 and 1005 (some books say between 990 and 1000). The church at Vagharshapat referred to above was the grandiose cathedral of Zvart'nots (the "Vigilant Angels") erected between the years 642 and 662, destroyed in the 10th century by an earthquake, and the most acclaimed architectural monument of early medieval Armenia. Zvart'nots was constructed at the supposed site of the meeting between King Trdat of Armenia and Saint Gregory the Illuminator as described by the Armenian historian Agathangelos in his account of the conversion of Armenia to Christianity during the 4th century. Tradition also says that it was built to house the remains of the saint. |
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