Armenian Apostolic Holy Church The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

The Feast of "Shoghakat" of Holy Etchmiadzin commemorates the inauguration of the Cathedral of the Mother See. The foundation of the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin was laid in 301 A.D. and the cathedral consecrated in 303 A.D. on the day of the Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God. The Mother Cathedral of the Armenian Church and Nation is dedicated to St. Mary, and the feast of her foundation and inauguration is celebrated in the Armenian Church on the Saturday preceding the Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God.