Eçmiyazin Katedrali,[1][2][3] Ermenistan'ın Eçmiyazin kentinde bulunan Ermeni Apostolik Kilisesi'nin ana kilisesidir.[4] Bilginlere göre, antik Ermenistan'da inşa edilen ilk katedraldir[6][7]</ref>[9][10][11][13][11] ve dünyanın en eski katedrali olarak kabul edilir.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
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Azadian, Edmond Y. (1999). History on the Move: Views, Interviews and Essays on Armenian Issues. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. s. 211. ISBN 978-0-8143-2916-0.
Postajian, Torkom (2005). The Armenian Church and the Others. Glendale, California. OCLC 216938598. ...the first Armenian Christian cathedral, which was called "Echmiadzin" (the Only-Begotten Son of God Descended).
Hakobian, Tadevos (1987). "Մայրաքաղաքը և քաղաքները. Էջմիածին [The capital and the cities: Etchmiadzin]". Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia (Ermenice). 13. Erivan: Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing. s. 623. 301—303-ին այստեղ հիմնվեց Կաթողիկե եկեղեցին՝ Հայաստանի քրիստ․ առաջին Մայր տաճարը։
Wainwright, Geoffrey; Westerfield Tucker, Karen B., (Ed.) (2005). The Oxford History of Christian Worship. Oxford University Press. s. 147. ISBN 978-0-19-513886-3. In a vision, Gregory was shown to build the first church in the country, in Etchmiadzin...
Stokes, Jamie, (Ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East. New York: Infobase Publishing. s. 65. ISBN 978-1-4381-2676-0. Etchmiatzin is located in the west of modern Armenia, close to the border with Turkey, and its fourth-century cathedral is generally regarded as the oldest in the world.
Utudjian, Édouard (1968). Armenian Architecture: 4th to 17th Century. Paris: Editions A. Morancé. s. 7. OCLC 464421. ...the oldest cathedral in Christendom, that of Etchmiadzin, founded in the 4th century.
Papajian, Sarkis (1974). A brief history of Armenia. Fresno, California: Armenian Evangelical Union of North America. ...he built the Cathedral of Etchmiadzin (The descent of the Only Begotten). It is the oldest Christian Cathedral in existence.
Bauer-Manndorff, Elisabeth (1981). Armenia: Past and Present. Luzern: Reich Verlag. OCLC 8063377. Etchmiadzin, with the world's oldest cathedral and the seat of the Catholicos, draws tourists from all over the world.
Woodsworth, Judith; Delisle, Jean, (Ed.) (2012). "Mesrop Mashtots and the flowering of Armenian culture". Translators through History (rev. bas.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. s. 6. ISBN 978-90-272-7381-9. ...Echmiadzin Cathedral, the first cathedral in Christendom.
Benedict, C. T. (2007). One God in One Man. Milton Keynes: AuthorHouse. s. 121. ISBN 978-1-4343-0106-2. The Holy Etchmiadzin cathedral, dates back to the fourth century, and is thought to be the oldest Christian cathedral in the world.
"Holy Etchmiadzin". New York: Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern). 13 Haziran 2014 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: 9 Temmuz 2017. The cathedral dates back to the 4th century, and is reckoned the oldest Christian cathedral in world.