The Church of Saint Astvatsatsin or Church of the Holy Mother of God ( hy, Սուրբ Ասսուածածին Եկեղեցի, fa, کلیسای مریممقدس درهشام) is a 17th-century Armenian church in the Valley of the Araxes along the
Aras river
, az, Araz, fa, ارس, tr, Aras
The Aras (also known as the Araks, Arax, Araxes, or Araz) is a river in the Caucasus. It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along the borders between Turkey and Armenia, between Turkey and the Nakhchivan excl ...
in
Jolfa,
East Azerbaijan
East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, ...
,
Iran
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near Darashamb.
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Saint Stepanos Monastery
The Saint Stepanos Monastery ( hy, Սուրբ Ստեփանոս վանք, ; fa, کلیسای سن استپانوس, ), also known in Armenian as Maghardavank (), is an Armenian monastery located about 15 km northwest of the city of Julfa in ...
, an Armenian monastery about 2 kilometers southeast.
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Julfa Armenian cemetery, an early modern Armenian cemetery 10 kilometers east, in the
Nakhchivan region of the republic of
Azerbaijan
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Armenian Apostolic churches in Iran
World Heritage Sites in Iran
History of East Azerbaijan Province
Buildings and structures in East Azerbaijan Province