Eros spirit, breath, life or animating force". Eros In Greek mythology, Eros (, ; , "Desire") is the Greek god of sensual love and desire. His Roman counterpart was Cupid ("desire"). Some myths make him a primordial god, while in other myths, he is the son of Aphrodite. He is one of the winged love gods, Erotes. The Greek ἔρως, meaning "desire," comes from ἔραμαι "to desire, love", of uncertain etymology. R. S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin. Eros appears in ancient Greek sources under several different guises. In the earliest sources (the cosmogonies, the earliest philosophers, and texts
Church of the Holy Mother of God, Vanadzor Church of the Holy Mother of God, Vanadzor Church of the Holy Mother of God (), is a 19th-century church in Vanadzor, Armenia. It was constructed between 1828 and 1830 and consecrated in 1831. The construction was completed through the donation of Yuzbashi (captain) Piluman Tayiryants, during the reign of tsar Nicholas I of Russia and His Holiness Catholicos John VIII of Armenia. As early as the 13th century, the area of modern-day Vanadzor was called "Gharakilisa" -meaning the "black church" in Turkic- by the Seljuks possibly. This name was derived from the black-stoned ancient Armenian church of the Holy