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See also:ECHMIADZIN, or ITSMIADSIN , a monastery of See also:Russian See also:Transcaucasia, in the See also:government of See also:Erivan, the seat of the Catholicus or See also:primate of the Armenian See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church. It is situated See also:close to the See also:village of Vagarshapat, in the See also:plain of the See also:Aras, 2840 ft. above the See also:sea, 12 M. W. of Erivan and 40 N. of See also:Mount See also:Ararat. The monastery comprises a See also:pretty extensive complex of buildings, and is surrounded by See also:brick walls 30 ft. high, which with their loopholes and towers See also:present the See also:appearance of a fortress. Its architectural See also:character has been considerably impaired by additions and alterations in See also:modern Russian See also:style. On the western See also:side of the quadrangle is the See also:residence of the primate, on the See also:south the See also:refectory (173o-1735), on the See also:east the lodgings for the monks, and on the See also:north the cells. • The See also:cathedral is a small but See also:fine cruciform See also:building with a See also:Byzantine See also:cupola at the intersection. Its See also:foundation is ascribed to St See also:- GREGORY
- GREGORY (Gregorius)
- GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
- GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
- GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
- GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
- GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)
Gregory the Illuminator in 302. Of See also:special See also:interest is the See also:porch, built of red See also:porphyry, and profusely adorned with sculptured designs somewhat of a See also:Gothic character. The interior is decorated with See also:Persian frescoes of See also:flowers, birds and See also:scroll-See also:work. It is here that the Catholicus confers episcopal See also:consecration by the sacred See also:hand (relic) of St Gregory; and here every seven years he prepares with See also:great solemnity the See also:holy oil which is to be used throughout the churches of the Armenian communion. Outside of the See also:main entrance are the See also:alabaster tombs of the See also:primates See also:Alexander I. (1714), Alexander II. (1755), See also:Daniel (1806) and See also:Narses (1857), and a See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:marble See also:monument, erected by the Epglish East See also:India See also:Company to See also:mark the resting-See also:place of See also:Sir See also:John See also:Macdonald Kinneir, who died at See also:Tabriz in 183o, while on an See also:embassy to the Persian See also:court. The library of the monastery is a See also:rich storehouse of Armenian literature (see Brosset's See also:Catalogue de la bibliotheque d'Etchmiadzin, St See also:Petersburg, 1840). Among the more remarkable See also:manuscripts are a copy of the gospels dating from the loth or 11th See also:century, and three bibles of the 13th century. A type-foundry, a See also:printing-See also:press and a See also:bookbinding See also:establishment are maintained by the monks who See also:supply religious and educational See also:works for their co-religionists.
To the east of the monastery is a modern See also:college and See also:seminary. See also:Half a mile to the east stand the churches of St Ripsime and St Gaiana, two of the See also:early martyrs of Armenian See also:Christianity; the latter is the See also:burial-place of those primates who are not
a, Generative See also:pore with spermatozoa coming out.
b, Anterior See also:blind end of See also:intestine attached
to the parenchymatous See also:tissue by
See also:muscular strands.
c, See also:Green wandering
See also:chlorophyll.
d, Parenchymatous connective tissue.
e, Epidermis.
i, Intestine.
j, Vas deferens.
1, See also:Internal opening of vas deferens.
m, The See also:left anal vesicle.
n, Spermatozoa in the See also:body-cavity.
cells
containing
deemed worthy of interment beside the cathedral. From a distance the three churches See also:form a fairly striking See also:group, and accordingly the See also:Turkish name for Echmiadzin is Uch-Kilissi, or the Three Churches. The See also:town of Vagarshapat See also:dates from the 6th century B.C.; it takes its name from See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Vagarsh (See also:Vologaeses), who in the and century A.D. See also:chose it as his residence and surrounded it with walls. Here the apostle of See also:Armenia, St Gregory the Illuminator, erected a church in 309 and with it the primacy was associated. In 344 Vagarshapat ceased to be the Armenian See also:capital, and in the 5th century the patriarchal seat was removed to Dvin, and then to See also:Ani. The monastery was founded by Narses II., who ruled 524–533; and a restoration was effected in 618. The present name of the monastery was adopted instead of Vagarshapat in the See also:roth century. At length in 1441 the primate See also:George brought back the see to the See also:original site. (P. A. K.; J. T.
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