Seats of the Catholicos of Armenians
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Seats of the Catholicos of Armenians is the list of the seats of the Catholicos of Armenians
Number Place Year
1 Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Ejmiatsin
Ejmiatsin, Armenia
Vagharshapat , commonly known as Ejmiatsin in Eastern Armenian and Echmiadzin in Western Armenian , is the fourth-largest city in Armenia and the spiritual centre of the Armenians, as it is the seat of the Catholicos of All Armenians, the head of the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church...

301-484/485
2 Dvin
Dvin
Dvin was a large commercial city and the capital of early medieval Armenia. It was situated north of the previous ancient capital of Armenia, the city of Artaxata, along the banks of the Metsamor River, 35 km to the south of modern Yerevan...

384/385-927
3 Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Aghtamar Island 927-94
4 Argina
Argina, Armenia
Argina is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town was named after the Argina Monastery, which is across the border in Turkey....

947-992
5 Ani
Ani
Ani is a ruined and uninhabited medieval Armenian city-site situated in the Turkish province of Kars, near the border with Armenia. It was once the capital of a medieval Armenian kingdom that covered much of present day Armenia and eastern Turkey...

992-1051
6 Sebastia 1051-1062
7 Tavblur 1062-1065
8 Tsamndav
Ceyhan
Ceyhan is a city in southeast Turkey and with 105,000 inhabitants it is the second largest city of Adana Province after the capital Adana. Ceyhan is the transportation hub for Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Russian oil and natural gas. It is situated on the Ceyhan River, from which it takes...

1066-1090
9 Kesun
Kaysun
The Fortress of Kaysun is located near the town of Çakırhüyük in the Adıyaman Province of rural southeastern Turkey. The fortress was a stronghold of the crusader County of Edessa. In 1131, the Danishmend Gümüshtigin besieged the place. Joscelin I, Count of Edessa, hastened to relieve the...

 Karmir Vank
1090-1116
10 Tsovk 1116-1149
11 Hromkla 1149-1292
12 Sis
Kozan, Adana
Kozan is a city in Adana Province, Turkey, 68 km north of the city of Adana, in the northern section of the Çukurova plain. The city is the capital of Kozan district. The Kilgen Stream, a tributary of the Ceyhan River , flows through Kozan crossing the plain south into the Mediterranean Sea....

1293-1441
13 Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Ejmiatsin
Ejmiatsin, Armenia
Vagharshapat , commonly known as Ejmiatsin in Eastern Armenian and Echmiadzin in Western Armenian , is the fourth-largest city in Armenia and the spiritual centre of the Armenians, as it is the seat of the Catholicos of All Armenians, the head of the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church...

1441-present
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