Gender Feminine
Usage Armenian, History (Ecclesiastical)
Scripts Հռիփսիմէ(Armenian)
Other Forms FormsRhipsime
Meaning & History
Rhipsime, sometimes called Hripsime, Ripsime, Ripsima or Arsema (died c. 290) was a martyr of Roman origin; she and her companions in martyrdom are venerated as the first Christian martyrs of Armenia.