Armenian Apostolic Holy Church The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

The Feast of the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin is one of the most celebrated feasts of the Armenian Church is the day when the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin was established. According to holy tradition St. Gregory the Illuminator has a vision, wherein the Only Begotten Son of God – Jesus Christ, descends from Heaven with the strike of a golden hammer designates the site where the Mother Cathedral for the entire Armenian nation is to be founded.