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Mastara ( hy, Մաստարա) is a village in the
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of the
Aragatsotn Province Aragatsotn ( hy, Արագածոտն, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the western part of the country. The capital and largest city of the province is the town of Ashtarak. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported i ...
of
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...
. The 5th-century Armenian Church of S. Hovhannes is situated in the northeastern half of the village, while the church of S. Stepanos Nakhava sits on a hilltop to the north. There is also the small medieval Tukh Manuk Church in the village to the southeast.


Etymology

The name Mastara is thought to be derived from the words ''mas'', meaning "a piece", and ''tara'', "I buried/took". This comes from the popular legend that
Gregory the Illuminator Gregory the Illuminator ( Classical hy, Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ, reformed: Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ, ''Grigor Lusavorich'';, ''Gregorios Phoster'' or , ''Gregorios Photistes''; la, Gregorius Armeniae Illuminator, cu, Svyas ...
brought back relics of
John the Baptist John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...
from Caesaria, a fragment of which he enshrined beneath the Church of S. Hovhannes.


Gallery

Image:Mastara Church.jpg, S. Hovhannes Church Image:Mastara, Surb Hovanes Church1.jpg, S. Hovhannes Church Image:Mastara, Surb Stepanos Nakhavka Church.jpg, S. Stepanos Nakhavka Church


References

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Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census
Populated places in Aragatsotn Province {{Aragatsotn-geo-stub