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List of monasteries in Armenia. ... Saint Gevork Monastery of Mughni: 14th-17th centuries: ... Name Date Province Locetion Image 1:
The monastery was named after a celebrated relic that Senekerim had brought from Varagavank monastery, and which was returned there after his death. [1] This was one of notable center of enlightenment and scholarship of Lesser Armenia during Byzantine, Seljuk Sultanate of Rum and Ottoman reigns until the Armenian genocide in 1915. In 1915 Sourb ...
Ganden Monastery, Tibet Lists of monasteries cover monasteries , buildings or complexes of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).
In 2011, Haghartsin Monastery underwent a major renovation by Armenia Fund with a donation from Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, ruler of Sharjah. [5] Today the complex is reachable by a paved road with a large parking area, a gift shop, a bakery, and other facilities on site.
Hovhannavank, also Yovhannavank‘ (Armenian: Հովհաննավանք) is a medieval monastery located in the village of Ohanavan in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The monastery stands on the edge of the Kasagh River canyon, and its territory is adjacent to the village of Ohanavan. The deep gorge is carved by the Kasagh River.
The name will later be transformed into Noravank (nor = new, vank = monastery), in 1221. 989 - Hovhannes the Scribe copies a Gospel for the priest Stepanos. It is so called Gospel of Etchmiadzin that contains some miniated pages of an earlier date which are some of the oldest and most famous examples of Armenian miniature art.
The monastery was a traditional pilgrimage site for Armenian ashughs (folk musicians). [ 86 ] [ 87 ] It has been compared to Mount Parnassus in Greece, which was the home of the Muses . [ 88 ] [ 89 ] The prominent 18th-century ashugh Sayat-Nova is recorded to have made a trip to the monastery to seek divine grace .
The monastery was founded in 341 A.D. by Jacob of Nisibis, the second bishop of Nisibis who lived during the 3rd to 4th centuries A.D. [4] It was built upon the northeastern slope of Mount Ararat (Armenian: Մասիս; the greater mountain is referred to as Masis in Armenian) in Masyatsotn canton of a larger province of Ayrarat in Armenian ...