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Oshakan (tomb of Mesrop Mashtots)
Oshakan, Aragatsotn, Armenia · Armenia & Georgia
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Attested. The burial at Oshakan is attested by Koriun's near-contemporary Life of Mashtots. The present church is a later rebuild.
Mesrop Mashtots, who created the Armenian alphabet around 405 so the Bible could be translated, was buried at Oshakan in 440 according to his disciple Koriun. A church over his tomb has been rebuilt several times. It is the main memorial of Armenian literacy and Bible translation.
Source stance: insider. Koriun, a disciple of Mashtots.
People and groups named here
- Mesrop Mashtots
- Koriun (biographer)
- Catholicos Sahak I (collaborator)
Sources
- Oshakan (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Mesrop Mashtots (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Pleiades place 863860: Oshakan
Pleiades Gazetteer (ISAW, NYU). Accessed 2026-11-11.
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