Nqe lus piav txog kev nyiam
Lub Tsev Teev Ntuj Echmiadzin yog ib qhov kev ntseeg tseem ceeb ntawm Vagharshapat, uas yog lub chaw ntawm sab ntsuj plig ntawm Armenian Apostolic Church thiab qhov chaw nyob tseem ceeb ntawm Catholicos ntawm Txhua Armenians. Lub tuam tsev nyob 20 km sab hnub poob ntawm Yerevan.
Keeb kwm ntawm Echmiadzin monastery tau txuas nrog kev ua kev cai raus dej ntawm Armenian huab tais Trdat III. Raws li cov lus dab neeg, Trdat III poob rau hauv kev hlub nrog tus ntxhais zoo nkauj Hripsime, uas, nrog 37 tus ntxhais Christian, tau khiav mus rau Armenia los ntawm Roman tus huab tais Diocletian, uas xav Hripsime los ua nws tus poj niam. Tus ntxhais tsis kam mus rau tus vaj ntxwv Armenian, tom qab uas nws xaj kom tua txhua tus ntxhais, suav nrog Hripsime. Kev tuag ntawm nkauj xwb ua rau muaj kev poob siab loj hauv Trdat. Saint Gregory tus Illuminator kho vaj ntxwv los ntawm kev npau taws. Thiab xyoo 303 tau tsim lub tuam tsev ntoo. Lub npe ntawm Echmiadzin lub tsev teev ntuj tau txhais los ntawm cov neeg Armenian puag thaum ub tias "Tib Neeg Tib Leeg Tub nqis los". Qhov chaw tsim kho lub tuam tsev tau txiav txim siab los ntawm Gregory tus Illuminator, tom qab tus Tswv tshwm rau nws hauv npau suav.
Lub tsev teev ntuj ntawm lub tsev teev ntuj yog lub tsev teev ntuj ntseeg qub tshaj plaws hauv Armenia. Raws li cov lus dab neeg, lub hauv paus ntawm lub tuam tsev no tau rov qab los hauv 303 los ntawm Saint Gregory. Raws li cov ntaub ntawv keeb kwm, lub tsev teev ntuj tau tsim nyob ze ntawm lub tsev huab tais.
Lub tuam tsev tsim thaum chiv thawj yog nyob hauv cov duab ntawm basilica, tab sis nyob rau xyoo V. Tub Vaj Ntxwv Vagane Mamikonyan tau tsim kho dua tshiab nyob rau hauv daim ntawv ntawm pawg ntseeg hla kev. Lub tsev teev ntuj tau txais nws cov duab niaj hnub tom qab rov tsim kho thaum pib ntawm lub xyoo pua 7, thaum lub sijhawm kav ntawm Catholicos Komitas thiab Nerses III tus Tsim.
Nyob rau hauv XVII caug xyoo. lub dome tshiab tau tsim tsa hla lub tsev teev ntuj thiab peb-qib sib tw tswb pej thuam tau teeb tsa ua ntej ntawm sab hnub poob nkag. Nyob rau hauv XVIII caug xyoo. rau-kab rotundas tau ua nyob rau sab qab teb, sab qaum teb thiab sab hnub tuaj apses ntawm lub tuam tsev, ua tsaug uas lub tsev teev ntuj tau txais tsib-domed tshoob. Thaum pib ntawm XVIII caug xyoo. daim duab ntawm lub tsev teev ntuj tau ua tiav, tus sau uas yog tus kws kos duab Nagashe Hovnatanyan. Hauv ib nrab ntawm XVIII xyoo pua. nws tau ntxiv los ntawm Nathan tus tub xeeb ntxwv, Ovnatan. Nyob rau xyoo pua nees nkaum. kev txhim kho peev txheej ntawm lub tuam tsev tau ua tiav.
Ntawm thaj chaw ntawm Echmiadzin Monastery kuj muaj: cov tsev teev ntuj kho kom zoo (XVII xyoo pua), lub rooj vag Tsar Trdat (XVII xyoo pua), tsev teev ntuj monastery "Kazarapat" (nruab nrab-XVIII xyoo pua), Qub (XVIII xyoo pua) thiab Tshiab (thaum ntxov xyoo pua XX) Patriarchal chambers thiab Theological Academy of St. Echmiadzin (thawj ib nrab ntawm lub xyoo pua XX).
