Մեր ՊատմությունըArmenian history in photographs
The Tomb of Saint Hripsime
№ 0320 · Photograph

The Tomb of Saint Hripsime

The tombstone of Saint Hripsime in the Church of Saint Hripsime in Etchmiadzin (Vagharshapat). According to the source, Hripsime was an early Christian Armenian preacher, a martyr and a saint.

The photograph shows a white marble tomb on a dark stone floor. On its top is an image of a female saint with a halo holding a cross, and below it a metal plaque with an inscription. Behind it are walls of dressed stone and flowers.

Archive No.
0320
Date
Unknown
Place
Etchmiadzin (Vagharshapat)
Region
Armenia
Topics
Churches & monasteriesArmenian women

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