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    A khachkar (also spelled as khatchkar) or Armenian cross-stone (Armenian: խաչքար, pronounced [χɑtʃʰˈkʰɑɾ], խաչ xačʿ "cross" + քար kʿar "stone") is a carved...
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    The Armenian Khachkar is a khachkar and monument dedicated to the victims of genocide, installed outside the Colorado State Capitol, in Denver. The memorial...
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    000 funerary monuments. The tombstones consisted mainly of thousands of khachkars—uniquely decorated cross-stones characteristic of medieval Christian Armenian...
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  • Antelias, Lebanon A khachkar in Sanahin A modern, Amenaprkich-type, khachkar in Novi Sad, Serbia (1993) A large 13th-century khachkar at Gandzasar Monastery...
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    Akob Aghi khachkar (Armenian: Ակոբ Աղի խաչքար) is a khachkar located just northeast of the village of Hayravank along the southwest shores of Lake Sevan...
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    Noravank (section Khachkars)
    with khachkars and representations of doves in relief. The complex has several surviving khachkars. The most intricate of them all is a 1308 khachkar by...
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    Armenian existence in Turkey, including churches and monasteries, libraries, khachkars, and animal and place names, have been systematically erased, beginning...
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    Commemorate 1700th Anniversary of Christianity in Armenia with Concert and Khachkar Dedication". The Armenian Reporter. 20 October 2001. Archived from the...
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    Cathedral 1948 Armenian stonework on the walls A khachkar Another khachkar An Amenaprkitch-style khachkar List of Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem Hethum...
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    of Ani. The same symbol can be found on Armenian carpets, cross-stones (khachkar) and in medieval manuscripts, as well as on modern monuments as a symbol...
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