Gomk
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Gomk (Armenie: Գոմք; an aw Romanizit as Gomk’; umwhile Gomur) is a sma veelage in the Vayots Dzor Province o Armenie. In the veelage is a 17t century kirk an an important shrine/khachkar frae 1263. The inscription upon it reads,
"In 712 o the Armenie era, unner the pious Prince Prosh, Mkhitar, Arevik, son o Khoidan, set up this cross an chapel. In the veelage thare wis no even a kirk. We hae built this kirk wi oor awn means wi hintle trouble, for us an oor parents. You who read, remember us in your prayers."
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References
- Gomk at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie
- Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenie: Matit Graphic Design Studio
- Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 128; oreeginal airchived at Archive.org, an current version online on Armeniapedia.org.
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