Saint Hripsime Church Սուրբ Հռիփսիմե եկեղեցի | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Armenian Apostolic Church |
Year consecrated | 1917 |
Location | |
Location | Yalta |
Geographic coordinates | 44°30′04″N 34°09′55″E / 44.501094°N 34.165334°E / 44.501094; 34.165334 |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Gabriel Ter-Mikelyan |
Style | Armenian |
Groundbreaking | 1909 |
Completed | 1917 |
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]
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]