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A khachkar (also spelled as khatchkar) or Armenian cross-stone [1] ( Armenian: խաչքար, pronounced [χɑtʃʰˈkʰɑɾ], խաչ xačʿ "cross" + քար kʿar "stone") is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often with additional motifs such as rosettes, interlaces, and botanical motifs. [2] Khachkars are characteristic of medieval ...
Noratus cemetery, also spelled Noraduz, (Armenian: Նորատուսի գերեզմանատուն) is a medieval cemetery with many early khachkars located in the village of Noratus, Gegharkunik Province near Gavar and Lake Sevan, 90 km north of Yerevan. The cemetery has the largest cluster of khachkars in Armenia.
Armenian cross. An Armenian cross is a symbol that combines a cross with a floral postament or elements. The cross of Armenian Christianity is combined with the Christian cross, and this design was often used for high crosses ( khachkar) – a free-standing cross made of stone and often richly decorated.
Armenian Sun Cross (Arevakhach) The Armenian eternity sign ( ֎ ֍ , Armenian: Հավերժության նշան, romanized : haverzhut’yan nshan) or Arevakhach ( Արեւախաչ, "Sun Cross") is an ancient Armenian national symbol and a symbol of the national identity of the Armenian people. [1] It is one of the most common symbols in ...
Armenian Genocide memorial: a group of Khachkars (cross stones) designed by Rafael Israelyan and erected in 1965, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. Katnaghbyur memorial: a spring with khachkar erected in 1967 in memory of the genocide victims of the Kghi region in Western Armenia.
Deniz Gölü. The name Kaçkar derives from the Armenian term khachkar (Խաչքար), which literally means "cross stone". The name may be used in various senses. It may describe the whole mountain range, including the many mountain groups, or it may just describe the Kaçkar-Kavron group with its highest peak, or just the highest peak itself.
Armenian. Completed. 1541. Akob Aghi khachkar ( Armenian: Ակոբ Աղի խաչքար) is a khachkar located just northeast of the village of Hayravank along the southwest shores of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It lies in front of the western wall of the Hayravank Monastery complex, on the pedestal; the upper left corner ...
Of Armenian descent, Khachadour Paul Garabedian was born near Istanbul in Rodosto (today Tekirdağ), Ottoman Empire on August 25, 1836. In the 1850s Garabedian emigrated to the United States and settled in Lowell, Massachusetts. Garabedian worked as a machinist at the Massachusetts Mills and eventually became a naturalized United States citizen.