Parpi

Parpi (Armenian: Փարպի, also Romanized as P’arpi) is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Within the village is a 5th century church. The 5th to 6th century Armenian chronicler and historian Ghazar Parpetsi was born at Parpi. He is most prominent for writing a history of Armenia, History of Armenia, sometime in the early sixth century. Parpi is known to have had a brief visit during October 1734 by Abraham Kretatsi during the time while he was serving the Catholicos Abraham II. He wrote, "The next day, at my request, we went to Parpi and from there to Karbi, where we spent the night at the residences of Paron Khachatur and Paron Ohazar." The village is also mentioned in a 13th century inscription on the southern wall of the...