{{Short description|Locality and archaeological site in Muş Province, Turkey}} {{Infobox historic site <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Ashtishat | native_name = | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_shield = | map_type = Turkey | coordinates = {{coord|38|58|20|N|41|27|04|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | location = Yücetepe, Muş Province, Turkey | area_footnotes = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | elevation_m = | website = }}
'''Ashtishat'''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fortescue |first1=Adrian |authorlink1=Adrian Fortescue |title=The Lesser Eastern Churches |date=1913 |publisher=AMS Press |page=403 |quote=However, till the 5th century, whereas the king resided at Valarshapat, the Primate was not there, but far away, at Ashtishat in Tarón, on the Euphrates, in the south of Armenia.}}</ref> ({{Langx|hy|Աշտիշատ|translit=Aštišat|translit-std=ISO}}) is a locality and archaeological site in Muş Province of eastern Turkey. It is located near the village of Yücetepe on the Murat River west of Lake Van and north of the city of Muş.
In antiquity the village was an important site of early Armenian Christianity. The ruins of several ancient churches and the monastery of Saint Daniel of Gop still occupy the town. The site also hosts the tombs of several early saints and patriotic leaders of the ancient Armenian kingdom.<ref name="auto1"> [https://www.collectif2015.org/en/100Monuments/Achdichad-ou-le-Tombeau-du-Catholicos-Saint-Sahag/ Ashdishad or the Tomb of Catholicos Saint Sahag] - Union Internationale des Organisations Terre et Culture.</ref> ==History== According to Armenian tradition, Ashtishat was the site of a Hellenistic temple. In the 4th century, Saint Gregory the Illuminator founded a church here. In 364, Gregory's great-grandson Nerses,<ref>[https://www.ecatholic2000.com/breen/untitled-43.shtml A General Introduction to the Study of Holy Scripture by A. E.].</ref> convened the Council of Ashtishat<ref>[https://milwaukeearmenians.com/tag/council-of-ashdishad/ St. Nerses The Great And Bishop Khat].</ref> which established cannon, liturgy, fast days and procedures for classical Armenian Christianity.<ref name="auto">[https://armenianchurch.us/the-saints/catholicos-st-nersess-the-great/ Catholicos St. Nersess the Great].</ref> Nerses' son, Sahak, founded a monastery in Ashtishat.<ref name="auto1"/>
Ashtishat was destroyed during the Arab invasion and again by Tamerlane.<ref name="auto1"/>
==See also== * -shat (suffix)
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Category:Geography of Muş Province Category:Archaeological sites in the Eastern Anatolia region Category:Ancient Armenia