Parpi

Coordinates: 40°19′46″N 44°18′26″E / 40.32944°N 44.30722°E

Parpi
Փարպի

Holy Translators' Church of Parpi
Parpi
Coordinates: 40°19′46″N 44°18′26″E / 40.32944°N 44.30722°E
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Aragatsotn
Population (2008)
 • Total 2,049
Time zone   (UTC+4)
Website official web

Parpi (Armenian: Փարպի) is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It is home to a5th-century church. The 5th- to 6th-century Armenian chronicler and historian Ghazar Parpetsi was born at Parpi. He is most prominent for writing a history of Armenia, History of Armenia, sometime in the early 6th century.

Parpi is known to have had a brief visit during October 1734 by Abraham Kretatsi during the time while he was serving the Catholicos Abraham II. He wrote, "The next day, at my request, we went to Parpi and from there to Karbi, where we spent the night at the residences of Paron Khachatur and Paron Ohazar."

The village is also mentioned in a 13th-century inscription on the southern wall of the Katoghike Church of the Astvatsnkal Monastery built between the 5th and 13th centuries. It reads,

By the grace and mercy of God, I Kurd, Prince of Princes, son of the great Vache, and my wife Khorishah, daughter of Marzpan, built the Holy Katoghike for the memory of our souls. We have decorated it with every kind of precious ornament and offered the garden bought by us in Parpi, virgin land in Oshakan, a garden in Karbi, a villager (?), and three hostels, in the year 693/AD 1244.

References

Bibliography