According to the scripts carved on one of the walls of Katoghike Church , the surviving structure dates back to 1264 . After the 1679 Yerevan earthquake , a large basilica named after the Holy Mother of God was built between 1693 and 1695 , in the ancient Shahar district of Yerevan , occupying the western edge of the Katoghike Church . The new church was built of typical Armenian tuff stones and did not have dome . It belonged to the three-nave basilica type of the Armenian church architecture . The church With its prayer hall measuring 14.0 x 19.3 meters , and an outside perimeter of 16.4 x 28.4 meters , was considered one of the most capacious churches of old Yerevan . The church had entrances on the southern and western sides
1679 Yerevan earthquake
1679 Armenia earthquake
Katoghike Church, Yerevan