Saint Hripsime Church of Yalta

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

Saint Hripsime Church
Սուրբ Հռիփսիմե եկեղեցի
Religion
AffiliationArmenian Apostolic Church
Year consecrated1917
Location
LocationYalta
Shown within Ukraine
Geographic coordinates44.501094°N 34.165334°E / 44.501094; 34.165334
Architecture
Architect(s)Gabriel Ter-Mikelyan
StyleArmenian
Groundbreaking1909
Completed1917

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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