Saint Hripsime Church of Yalta

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Saint Hripsime Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Հռիփսիմե եկեղեցի, Surp Hripsime Yekeghetsi), is a working Armenian church located in Yalta on the Crimean peninsula, Ukraine and completed in 1917.[1]

LocationYalta
Coordinates44.501094°N 34.165334°E / 44.501094; 34.165334
Quick facts Saint Hripsime Church Սուրբ Հռիփսիմե եկեղեցի, Religion ...
Saint Hripsime Church
Սուրբ Հռիփսիմե եկեղեցի
Religion
AffiliationArmenian Apostolic Church
1917
Location
LocationYalta
Saint Hripsime Church of Yalta is located in Ukraine
Saint Hripsime Church of Yalta
Shown within Ukraine
Coordinates44.501094°N 34.165334°E / 44.501094; 34.165334
Architecture
ArchitectGabriel Ter-Mikelyan
StyleArmenian
Groundbreaking1909
Completed1917
Official name
Церква вірменська (Armenian church)
TypeArchitecture, Monumental Art
Reference no.4883-АР
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It is modeled after a church of the same name[2] in Vagharshapat, Armenia. In fact, a piece of that UNESCO World Heritage site church was symbolically used in the base of this church.[3]

Saint Hripsime in Yalta (inner view)
The Khachkar near Saint Hripsime Church

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