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Monastery</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Amaras_Russian_peacekeepers_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Amaras_Russian_peacekeepers_2021.jpg/330px-Amaras_Russian_peacekeepers_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Amaras_Russian_peacekeepers_2021.jpg/495px-Amaras_Russian_peacekeepers_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Amaras_Russian_peacekeepers_2021.jpg/660px-Amaras_Russian_peacekeepers_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The monastery in 2021<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFCF00">Religion</th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions" title="List of religions and spiritual traditions">Affiliation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian Apostolic Church</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFCF00">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data">near the village of <a href="/wiki/Sos,_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Sos, Nagorno-Karabakh">Sos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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.locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:300px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:300px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:300px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Azerbaijan_adm_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Amaras Monastery is located in Azerbaijan"><img alt="Amaras Monastery is located in Azerbaijan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Azerbaijan_adm_location_map.svg/300px-Azerbaijan_adm_location_map.svg.png" 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data-file-width="32" data-file-height="32" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Shown within Azerbaijan</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Geographic coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Amaras_Monastery&params=39.684_N_47.057_E_type:landmark_region:AZ"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°41′02″N</span> <span class="longitude">47°03′25″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.684°N 47.057°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.684; 47.057</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFCF00">Architecture</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Architectural_style" title="Architectural style">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_architecture" title="Armenian architecture">Armenian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data note">4th century (established); 1858 (rebuilt)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFCF00">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amaras.org">www.amaras.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Amaras Monastery</b> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: <span lang="hy">Ամարաս վանք</span>) is an <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenian</a> monastery<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> near the village of <a href="/wiki/Sos,_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Sos, Nagorno-Karabakh">Sos</a>, in the region of <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a prominent religious and educational center in medieval Armenia.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> denies the monastery's <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian Apostolic</a> heritage, instead referring to it as "<a href="/wiki/Caucasian_Albania" title="Caucasian Albania">Caucasian Albanian</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amaras_Monastery&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amaras_31.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Amaras_31.JPG/180px-Amaras_31.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Amaras_31.JPG/270px-Amaras_31.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Amaras_31.JPG/360px-Amaras_31.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Monastery complex</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amaras_(15).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Amaras_%2815%29.JPG/180px-Amaras_%2815%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Amaras_%2815%29.JPG/270px-Amaras_%2815%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Amaras_%2815%29.JPG/360px-Amaras_%2815%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Defensive walls</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amaras_%C3%BCmumi.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Amaras_%C3%BCmumi.JPG/180px-Amaras_%C3%BCmumi.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Amaras_%C3%BCmumi.JPG/270px-Amaras_%C3%BCmumi.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Amaras_%C3%BCmumi.JPG/360px-Amaras_%C3%BCmumi.JPG 2x" data-file-width="903" data-file-height="669" /></a><figcaption>plan of Amaras complex</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="4th–5th_centuries"><span id="4th.E2.80.935th_centuries"></span>4th–5th centuries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amaras_Monastery&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 4th–5th centuries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to medieval chroniclers <a href="/wiki/Pavstos_Byuzand" class="mw-redirect" title="Pavstos Byuzand">Faustus Byuzand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Movses_Kaghankatvatsi" title="Movses Kaghankatvatsi">Movses Kaghankatvatsi</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Gregory_the_Illuminator" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Gregory the Illuminator">St. Gregory the Illuminator</a>, the patron saint and evangelizer of Armenia, founded the Amaras Monastery at the start of the fourth century.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Amaras was the burial place of St. Gregory the Illuminator's grandson, <a href="/wiki/Grigoris_(catholicos)" title="Grigoris (catholicos)">St. Grigoris</a> (died in 338). A tomb built for his remains survives under the apse of the nineteenth-century Church of St. Grigoris. </p><p>At the beginning of the fifth century <a href="/wiki/Mesrop_Mashtots" title="Mesrop Mashtots">Mesrop Mashtots</a>, the inventor of the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_alphabet" title="Armenian alphabet">Armenian alphabet</a>, established in Amaras the first school in Artsakh that used his script.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Destruction_and_restoration_(13th–19th_centuries)"><span id="Destruction_and_restoration_.2813th.E2.80.9319th_centuries.29"></span>Destruction and restoration (13th–19th centuries)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amaras_Monastery&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Destruction and restoration (13th–19th centuries)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The monastery was plundered in the thirteenth century by the <a href="/wiki/Mongols" title="Mongols">Mongols</a>, destroyed in 1387 during <a href="/wiki/Timur" title="Timur">Timur</a>'s invasion, and demolished again in the sixteenth century. It underwent radical restructuring in the second quarter of the seventeenth century when the surviving defensive walls were constructed. </p><p>Amaras was later abandoned, and in the first half of the nineteenth century the monastery was used as a <a href="/wiki/Russo-Persian_Wars" title="Russo-Persian Wars">frontier fortress</a> by <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian imperial</a> troops. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian Apostolic Church</a> reclaimed the monastery in 1848. The monastery's church appears to have been severely damaged during the period of military occupation, to the extent that a new church had to be constructed on the site of the old one. This new church, dedicated to St. Grigoris, was built in 1858 and paid for by the Armenians of the city of <a href="/wiki/Shushi" class="mw-redirect" title="Shushi">Shushi</a>. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/2023_Nagorno-Karabakh_clashes" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes">2023 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes</a> the monastery was reported to fall under Azerbaijani control on 20 September 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tomb_of_St._Grigoris">Tomb of St. Grigoris</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amaras_Monastery&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tomb of St. Grigoris"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amaras_St._Grigoris_bazilica.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Amaras_St._Grigoris_bazilica.JPG/220px-Amaras_St._Grigoris_bazilica.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="372" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Amaras_St._Grigoris_bazilica.JPG/330px-Amaras_St._Grigoris_bazilica.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Amaras_St._Grigoris_bazilica.JPG/440px-Amaras_St._Grigoris_bazilica.JPG 2x" data-file-width="958" data-file-height="1622" /></a><figcaption>Plan of St. Grigoris Tomb</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Grigoris_(catholicos)" title="Grigoris (catholicos)">St. Grigoris</a> was originally buried at the eastern end of the now-vanished St. Gregory Church. Archeologists think that the eastern entrance of the tomb, which is unusual for traditional church architecture, is based on the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre" title="Church of the Holy Sepulchre">Church of the Holy Sepulchre</a> in Jerusalem.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 489 Vachagan III the Pious, king of Caucasian Albania, renovated Amaras, restoring the church and constructing a new chapel for the remains of St. Grigoris. In later centuries, a church was built over this chapel-tomb. </p><p>Under the altar of the St. Grigoris church is a tomb chamber, reached at its western end by twin flights of steps. A blocked passage at its eastern end indicates that there was originally an entrance from that direction as well. The barrel-vaulted tomb chamber is 1.9 m wide, 3.75 m long, and 3.5 m high. The upper half of the structure originally projected 1.5 to 2 m above ground level, but it is now entirely underground. Carved details date it stylistically to the 5th century.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amaras_Monastery&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 188.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 186.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grigoris_mausoleum_Artsakh_Sos_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sarcophagus of St. Grigoris in the funeral crypt"><img alt="Sarcophagus of St. Grigoris in the funeral crypt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Grigoris_mausoleum_Artsakh_Sos_03.jpg/280px-Grigoris_mausoleum_Artsakh_Sos_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="187" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Grigoris_mausoleum_Artsakh_Sos_03.jpg/420px-Grigoris_mausoleum_Artsakh_Sos_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Grigoris_mausoleum_Artsakh_Sos_03.jpg/560px-Grigoris_mausoleum_Artsakh_Sos_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sarcophagus of St. Grigoris in the funeral crypt</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 251.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 249.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D6%80_%C2%AB%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD%C2%BB_7_(31).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Protective walls"><img alt="Protective walls" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D6%80_%C2%AB%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD%C2%BB_7_%2831%29.jpg/374px-%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D6%80_%C2%AB%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD%C2%BB_7_%2831%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D6%80_%C2%AB%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD%C2%BB_7_%2831%29.jpg/560px-%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D6%80_%C2%AB%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD%C2%BB_7_%2831%29.jpg 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D6%80_%C2%AB%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD%C2%BB_7_%2827%29.jpg/374px-%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D6%80_%C2%AB%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD%C2%BB_7_%2827%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D6%80_%C2%AB%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD%C2%BB_7_%2827%29.jpg/560px-%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D6%80_%C2%AB%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD%C2%BB_7_%2827%29.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Amaras_%2812%29.JPG/420px-Amaras_%2812%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Amaras_%2812%29.JPG/560px-Amaras_%2812%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Monastery vaults</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 188.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 186.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Amaras_19.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Church of St. Grigoris interior"><img alt="Church of St. Grigoris interior" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Amaras_19.JPG/280px-Amaras_19.JPG" decoding="async" width="187" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Amaras_19.JPG/420px-Amaras_19.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Amaras_19.JPG/560px-Amaras_19.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Church of St. Grigoris interior</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amaras_Monastery&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian culture">Armenian culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_architecture" title="Armenian architecture">Armenian architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Azerbaijan" title="Architecture of Azerbaijan">Architecture of Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Nagorno-Karabakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Culture of Nagorno-Karabakh">Culture of Nagorno-Karabakh</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211225113625/https://eng.mil.ru/en/russian_peacekeeping_forces/news/more.htm?id=12391656@egNews">"Russian peacekeepers ensure safe visits to over 50 pilgrims to Amaras Monastery in Nagorno-Karabakh"</a>. <i>mil.ru</i>. <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Defence (Russia)">Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eng.mil.ru/en/russian_peacekeeping_forces/news/more.htm?id=12391656@egNews">the original</a> on 25 December 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=mil.ru&rft.atitle=Russian+peacekeepers+ensure+safe+visits+to+over+50+pilgrims+to+Amaras+Monastery+in+Nagorno-Karabakh&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feng.mil.ru%2Fen%2Frussian_peacekeeping_forces%2Fnews%2Fmore.htm%3Fid%3D12391656%40egNews&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmaras+Monastery" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thomas De Waal/ The Caucasus: An Introduction/ Oxford University Press -2018, p.103- pp.312<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The demographics of the region have fluctuated sharply over time, but an Armenian presence has been recorded there off and on for centuries, and the hills are dotted with medieval Armenian churches, such as Amaras and Gandzasar.</p></blockquote></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Khatcherian, Hrair. <i>Artsakh: A Photographic Journey</i>. Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, 1997, p. 6. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37785365">37785365</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHasratyan1975" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="/wiki/Murad_Hasratyan" title="Murad Hasratyan">Hasratyan, M. M.</a> (1975). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lraber.asj-oa.am/5416/">"Ամարասի ճարտարապետական համալիրը [Architectural complex of Amaras]"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Lraber_Hasarakakan_Gitutyunneri" title="Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri">Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri</a></i> (in Armenian) (5): 35–52.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Lraber+Hasarakakan+Gitutyunneri&rft.atitle=%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%AB+%D5%B3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6+%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%A8+%5BArchitectural+complex+of+Amaras%5D&rft.issue=5&rft.pages=35-52&rft.date=1975&rft.aulast=Hasratyan&rft.aufirst=M.+M.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flraber.asj-oa.am%2F5416%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmaras+Monastery" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.xocavend-ih.gov.az/page/143.html">"Amaras məbədi - XOCAVƏND RAYON Icra Hakimiyyəti"</a>. <i>www.xocavend-ih.gov.az</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-05-28</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.xocavend-ih.gov.az&rft.atitle=Amaras+m%C9%99b%C9%99di+-+XOCAV%C6%8FND+RAYON+Icra+Hakimiyy%C9%99ti&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xocavend-ih.gov.az%2Fpage%2F143.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmaras+Monastery" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pavstos Byuzand. Armenian History. Yerevan. 1987. page 17</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Movses Kaghankatvatsi. History of Aluank. Book I. Chapter XIV. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>After accepting the rank of [the country's] high priest, he left to enlighten the countries of Iberia and Aluank. He arrived in the ghavar of Haband and preached and admonished not to break the commandments of the Son of God. Here he began the building of a church in Amaras and hired workers and foremen to finish it. After returning to Armenia, he consecrated and appointed instead of himself his son Vrtanes, filled with his father's virtues, who lived according to the [Christian] teaching and punished and admonished all those who adhered to the heresy of idol-worship.</p></blockquote></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230921010856/https://artsakhdiocese.am/web/20230921010856/https://artsakhdiocese.am/en/churches/gortsox/gortsogh-vanqer-yekeghetsiner/martunu-shrjan/amarasi-vanky">"Amaras Monastery"</a>. <i>artsakhdiocese.am</i>. <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Artsakh" title="Diocese of Artsakh">Diocese of Artsakh</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://artsakhdiocese.am/en/churches/gortsox/gortsogh-vanqer-yekeghetsiner/martunu-shrjan/amarasi-vanky">the original</a> on 21 September 2023. <q>In the 5th century St. Mesrop Mashtots opened the first Armenian school in Artsakh at Amaras.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=artsakhdiocese.am&rft.atitle=Amaras+Monastery&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fartsakhdiocese.am%2Fen%2Fchurches%2Fgortsox%2Fgortsogh-vanqer-yekeghetsiner%2Fmartunu-shrjan%2Famarasi-vanky&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmaras+Monastery" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.am/eng/news/781917.html">"Amaras Monastery has fallen under Azerbaijani control - Mesrop Arakelyan"</a>. <i>news.am</i>. 20 September 2023. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230920071635/https://news.am/eng/news/781917.html">Archived</a> from the original on 20 September 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Havuts_Tar" title="Havuts Tar">Havuts Tar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kecharis_Monastery" title="Kecharis Monastery">Kecharis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makravank_Monastery" title="Makravank Monastery">Makravank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mashtots_Hayrapet_Church_of_Garni" title="Mashtots Hayrapet Church of Garni">Mashtots Hayrapet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayravank_(Solak)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayravank (Solak)">Mayravank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neghutsi_Vank" class="mw-redirect" title="Neghutsi Vank">Neghutsi Vank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptghavank" class="mw-redirect" title="Ptghavank">Ptghavank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tejharuyk_Monastery" title="Tejharuyk Monastery">Tejharuyk</a></li> <li>Yeghvard (<a href="/wiki/Holy_Mother_of_God_Church,_Yeghvard" title="Holy Mother of God Church, Yeghvard">St. Mary</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Lori_Province" title="Lori Province">Lori</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akhtala_monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Akhtala monastery">Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardzrakash_Monastery" title="Bardzrakash Monastery">Bardzrakash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haghpat_Monastery" title="Haghpat Monastery">Haghpat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hnevank" title="Hnevank">Hnevank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horomayri_Monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Horomayri Monastery">Horomayri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khujabi_Monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Khujabi Monastery">Khuchap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobayr_monastery" title="Kobayr monastery">Kobayr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odzun_Church" title="Odzun Church">Odzun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanahin_Monastery" title="Sanahin Monastery">Sanahin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._George_Church,_Sverdlov" title="St. George Church, Sverdlov">Sverdlov</a></li> <li>Vanadzor (<a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Mother_of_God,_Vanadzor" title="Church of the Holy Mother of God, Vanadzor">St. Mary</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Shirak_Province" title="Shirak Province">Shirak</a></dt></dl> <ul><li>Gyumri (<a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Holy_Mother_of_God,_Gyumri" title="Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God, Gyumri">St. Mary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Saviour%27s_Church,_Gyumri" title="Holy Saviour's Church, Gyumri">Holy Saviour</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harichavank_Monastery" title="Harichavank Monastery">Harichavank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lmbatavank" title="Lmbatavank">Lmbatavank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marmashen_monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Marmashen monastery">Marmashen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pemzashen_Church" title="Pemzashen Church">Pemzashen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yererouk" title="Yererouk">Yererouk</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Syunik_Province" title="Syunik Province">Syunik</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bgheno-Noravank" title="Bgheno-Noravank">Bgheno-Noravank</a></li> <li>Tatev (<a href="/wiki/Tatev_Monastery" title="Tatev Monastery">Monastery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tatevi_Anapat" title="Tatevi Anapat">Tatevi Anapat</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vahanavank" title="Vahanavank">Vahanavank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vorotnavank" title="Vorotnavank">Vorotnavank</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Tavush_Province" title="Tavush Province">Tavush</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goshavank" title="Goshavank">Goshavank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haghartsin_Monastery" title="Haghartsin Monastery">Haghartsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jukhtak_Vank" title="Jukhtak Vank">Jukhtak Vank</a></li> <li>Kirants (<a href="/wiki/Arakelots_Monastery_(Kirants)" title="Arakelots Monastery (Kirants)">Arakelots</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makaravank" title="Makaravank">Makaravank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matosavank" title="Matosavank">Matosavank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samsoni_Monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Samsoni Monastery">Samsonavank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsrviz_Chapel" title="Tsrviz Chapel">Tsrviz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Astvatsatsin_Church_(Voskepar)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Astvatsatsin Church (Voskepar)">Voskepar</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Vayots_Dzor_Province" title="Vayots Dzor Province">Vayots Dzor</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Areni_Church" title="Areni Church">Areni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gndevank" title="Gndevank">Gndevank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noravank" title="Noravank">Noravank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spitakavor_Monastery" title="Spitakavor Monastery">Spitakavor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanahat_Monastery" title="Tanahat Monastery">Tanahat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsaghats_Kar_Monastery" title="Tsaghats Kar Monastery">Tsakhats Kar</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Yerevan" title="Districts of Yerevan">Yerevan</a></dt></dl> <ul><li>Avan (<a href="/wiki/Katoghike_Tsiranavor_Church_of_Avan" class="mw-redirect" title="Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of Avan">Tsiranavor</a>)</li> <li>Kanaker (<a href="/wiki/Saint_Hakob_Church_of_Kanaker" title="Saint Hakob Church of Kanaker">St. James</a>)</li> <li>Yerevan (<a href="/wiki/Gethsemane_Chapel" title="Gethsemane Chapel">Gethsemane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Katoghike_Church,_Yerevan" title="Katoghike Church, Yerevan">Katoghike</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Gregory_the_Illuminator_Church,_Yerevan" title="Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church, Yerevan">St. Gregory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_John_the_Baptist_Church,_Yerevan" title="Saint John the Baptist Church, Yerevan">St. John</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul_and_Peter_Church,_Yerevan" title="Saint Paul and Peter Church, Yerevan">St. Paul and Peter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zoravor_Surp_Astvatsatsin_Church" title="Zoravor Surp Astvatsatsin Church">Zoravor</a>)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Etchmiadzin_Cathedral" title="Haghpat"><img alt="Haghpat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ejmiadzin_Cathedral2.jpg/100px-Ejmiadzin_Cathedral2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ejmiadzin_Cathedral2.jpg/150px-Ejmiadzin_Cathedral2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ejmiadzin_Cathedral2.jpg/200px-Ejmiadzin_Cathedral2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="845" data-file-height="557" /></a></span><br /><br /> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Gandzasar_monastery" title="Gandzasar monastery"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Gandzasar_monastery_2015-3.jpg/100px-Gandzasar_monastery_2015-3.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Gandzasar_monastery_2015-3.jpg/150px-Gandzasar_monastery_2015-3.jpg 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/%D0%90%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B1_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%87.jpg/200px-%D0%90%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B1_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%87.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2904" data-file-height="2164" /></a></span><br /><br /> </p> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Thaddeus_Monastery" title="Saint Thaddeus Monastery"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Qareh_kelissa.jpg/100px-Qareh_kelissa.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Qareh_kelissa.jpg/150px-Qareh_kelissa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Qareh_kelissa.jpg/200px-Qareh_kelissa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Armenian_churches_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of Armenian churches in Azerbaijan">List</a></i>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Agulis (<a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas_Monastery_of_Agulis" title="Saint Thomas Monastery of Agulis">St. Thomas</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Amaras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Karapet_Monastery_of_Aprakunis" title="Saint Karapet Monastery of Aprakunis">Aprakunis</a></li> <li>Baku (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_Church,_Baku" title="Armenian Church, Baku">St. Gregory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Virgin_(Baku)" title="Church of the Holy Virgin (Baku)">St. Mary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Thaddeus_and_Bartholomew_Cathedral" title="Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Cathedral">St. Thaddeus</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dadivank" title="Dadivank">Dadivank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Sarkis_Monastery_of_Gag" title="Saint Sarkis Monastery of Gag">Gag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandzasar_monastery" title="Gandzasar monastery">Gandzasar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gtichavank" title="Gtichavank">Gtichavank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakobavank" title="Hakobavank">Hakobavank</a></li> <li>Jugha (<a href="/wiki/Holy_Saviour_Monastery_of_Julfa" title="Holy Saviour Monastery of Julfa">Holy Savour</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katarovank" title="Katarovank">Katarovank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Kish" title="Church of Kish">Kish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kusanats_Anapat" title="Kusanats Anapat">Kusanats Anapat</a></li> <li>Shusha (<a href="/wiki/Ghazanchetsots_Cathedral" title="Ghazanchetsots Cathedral">Ghazanchetsots</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanach_Zham" title="Kanach Zham">Kanach Zham</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Targmanchats_Monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Targmanchats Monastery">Targmanchats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monastery_of_Tsar" title="Monastery of Tsar">Tsar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsitsernavank_Monastery" title="Tsitsernavank Monastery">Tsitsernavank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vankasar_Church" title="Vankasar Church">Vankasar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeghishe_Arakyal_Monastery" title="Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery">Yeghishe Arakyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yerits_Mankants_Monastery" title="Yerits Mankants Monastery">Yerits Mankants</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Armenian_churches_of_Tbilisi" title="Armenian churches of Tbilisi">List</a></i>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Tbilisi (<a href="/wiki/Vank_Monastery,_Tbilisi" title="Vank Monastery, Tbilisi">Vank</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Mother_of_God_Church_of_Bethlehem,_Tbilisi" title="Holy Mother of God Church of Bethlehem, Tbilisi">Bethlehem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chugureti_St._Astvatsatsin" title="Chugureti St. Astvatsatsin">Chugureti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ejmiatsin_Church,_Tbilisi" title="Ejmiatsin Church, Tbilisi">Ejmiatsnetsots</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Saint_George,_Tbilisi" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathedral of Saint George, Tbilisi">St. George</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Gregory_the_Illuminator_Church,_Tbilisi" title="Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church, Tbilisi">St. Gregory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jigrasheni_Avetyats_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Jigrasheni Avetyats church">Jigrasheni Avetyats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kamoyants_Saint_Gevork_Church" title="Kamoyants Saint Gevork Church">Kamoyants</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Karapet_Church,_Tbilisi" title="Saint Karapet Church, Tbilisi">Karapet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Saint_George_(Kldisubani)" title="Church of Saint George (Kldisubani)">Karapi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Red_Gospel,_Tbilisi" title="Church of the Red Gospel, Tbilisi">Karmir Avetaran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Krtsanis_Tsiranavor_Surp_Astvatsatsin" title="Krtsanis Tsiranavor Surp Astvatsatsin">Geghardavank</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Gevork_of_Mughni_Church,_Tbilisi" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Gevork of Mughni Church, Tbilisi">Mughni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norashen_Church,_Tbilisi" class="mw-redirect" title="Norashen Church, Tbilisi">Norashen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Seal,_Tbilisi" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of the Holy Seal, Tbilisi">Holy Sign</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Sarkis_Church_(Tbilisi,_Georgia)" title="St. Sarkis Church (Tbilisi, Georgia)">St. Sarkis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lower_Bethlehemi_Church" title="Lower Bethlehemi Church">St. Stephen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zrkinyants_Saint_Gevork_Church" title="Zrkinyants Saint Gevork Church">Zrkinyants</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Church,_Tskhinvali" title="St. Mary's Church, Tskhinvali">Tskhinvali</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Armenian_churches_in_Turkey" title="List of active Armenian churches in Turkey">List</a></i>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Adana (<a href="/wiki/Surp_Asdvadzadzin_Cathedral_(Adana)" title="Surp Asdvadzadzin Cathedral (Adana)">St. Mary</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agarak_monastery" title="Agarak monastery">Agarak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aghperig_Monastery" title="Aghperig Monastery">Aghperig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Cathedral_of_the_Holy_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross">Aghtamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akner_monastery" title="Akner monastery">Akner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagnayr_monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Bagnayr monastery">Bagnayr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Hakob_of_Akori_monastery" title="Saint Hakob of Akori monastery">Akori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ani" title="Ani">Ani</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Ani" title="Cathedral of Ani">Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Gregory_of_Tigran_Honents" title="St Gregory of Tigran Honents">Tigran Honents</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Elia,_Kizkale" title="Church of Saint Elia, Kizkale">Kizkale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Apostles_(Ani)" title="Church of the Holy Apostles (Ani)">Holy Apostles</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aparank_Monastery" title="Aparank Monastery">Aparank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arakelots_Monastery" title="Arakelots Monastery">Arakelots Vank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Arapgir" title="Cathedral of Arapgir">Arapgir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arqakaghni_monastery" title="Arqakaghni monastery">Arkakaghni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ku%C5%9F_Island" title="Kuş Island">Arter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bana_cathedral" title="Bana cathedral">Bana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Bartholomew_Monastery" title="Saint Bartholomew Monastery">Barthoghimevos Vank</a></li> <li>Constantinople (<a href="/wiki/Saint_Gregory_the_Illuminator_Church_of_Galata" title="Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church of Galata">Galata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surp_Krikor_Lusavori%C3%A7_Armenian_Church,_Kuzguncuk" title="Surp Krikor Lusavoriç Armenian Church, Kuzguncuk">Kuzguncuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surp_Asdvadzadzin_Patriarchal_Church" title="Surp Asdvadzadzin Patriarchal Church">Fatih</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kartal_Surp_Ni%C5%9Fan_Armenian_Orthodox_Church" title="Kartal Surp Nişan Armenian Orthodox Church">Kartal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St._George_of_Samatya" title="Church of St. George of Samatya">Samatya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taksim_Surp_Harutyun_Church" title="Taksim Surp Harutyun Church">Taksim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surp_Yerrortutyun_Armenian_Church" title="Surp Yerrortutyun Armenian Church">Beyoğlu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surp_Yerrortutyun_Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Surp Yerrortutyun Armenian Catholic Church">Beyoğlu</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drazark_monastery" title="Drazark monastery">Drazark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Evangelical_Church,_El%C3%A2z%C4%B1%C4%9F" title="Armenian Evangelical Church, Elâzığ">Elazig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Eski%C5%9Fehir" title="Holy Trinity Church, Eskişehir">Eskişehir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberation_Mosque" title="Liberation Mosque">Gaziantep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monastery_of_Surp_Gevork_of_Goms" title="Monastery of Surp Gevork of Goms">Goms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hogots_monastery" title="Hogots monastery">Hogots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horomos" title="Horomos">Horomos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishkhani" title="Ishkhani">Ishkhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_Monastery,_Van" title="St. Thomas Monastery, Van">Kanzak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surb_Karapet_Monastery" title="Surb Karapet Monastery">Karapet Vank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karmravank_(Vaspurakan)" title="Karmravank (Vaspurakan)">Karmravank</a></li> <li>Kars (<a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Kars" title="Cathedral of Kars">Cathedral</a>, <a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A2_%D4%B1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%AE%D5%A1%D5%AE%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%AB_(%D4%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BD)" class="extiw" title="hy:Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի (Կարս)">St. Mary</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monastery_of_Saint_Minas_of_Kes" title="Monastery of Saint Minas of Kes">Kes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khtzkonk_Monastery" title="Khtzkonk Monastery">Khtzkonk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ktuts_monastery" title="Ktuts monastery">Ktuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surp_Marinos_Monastery" title="Surp Marinos Monastery">Marinos Vank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Mren" title="Cathedral of Mren">Mren</a></li> <li>Mush (<a href="/wiki/Surp_Marineh_Church,_Mush" class="mw-redirect" title="Surp Marineh Church, Mush">St. Marine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surb_Nshan_Monastery" title="Surb Nshan Monastery">Holy Sign</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narekavank" title="Narekavank">Narekavank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De%C4%9Firmenalt%C4%B1,_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Değirmenaltı, Turkey">Por</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Sivrihisar" title="Holy Trinity Church, Sivrihisar">Sivrihisar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monastery_of_the_Miracles" title="Monastery of the Miracles">Skanchelagordz Vank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Stepanos_Church" title="St. Stepanos Church">Smyrna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Cross_at_Soradir" title="Church of the Holy Cross at Soradir">Soradir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tekor_Basilica" class="mw-redirect" title="Tekor Basilica">Tekor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Giragos_Armenian_Church_(Diyarbakir)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Giragos Armenian Church (Diyarbakir)">Tigranakert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaymakl%C4%B1_Monastery" title="Kaymaklı Monastery">Trebizond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varagavank" title="Varagavank">Varagavank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varzahan_Monastery" title="Varzahan Monastery">Varzahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eghegnamor_Monastery" title="Eghegnamor Monastery">Yeghegnamor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeghrdut_Monastery" title="Yeghrdut Monastery">Yeghrdut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Saviour%27s_monastery_of_Yerazgavors" title="Holy Saviour's monastery of Yerazgavors">Yerazgavors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Armenian_churches_in_Iran" title="List of Armenian churches in Iran">List</a></i>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Thaddeus_Monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Thaddeus Monastery">Thadei Vank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Stepanos_Monastery" title="Saint Stepanos Monastery">Maghardavank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapel_of_Dzordzor" title="Chapel of Dzordzor">Dzordzori Vank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapel_of_Chupan" title="Chapel of Chupan">Hovi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Mother_of_God,_Darashamb" title="Church of the Holy Mother of God, Darashamb">Darashamb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._George_Church,_Haftvan" title="St. George Church, Haftvan">Haftvan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Sarkis_Church_(Khoy,_West_Azerbaijan,_Iran)" title="St. Sarkis Church (Khoy, West Azerbaijan, Iran)">Khoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Cross_Church,_Mahlezan" title="Holy Cross Church, Mahlezan">Mahlezan</a></li> <li>Tabriz (<a href="/wiki/Saint_Mary_Church_of_Tabriz" title="Saint Mary Church of Tabriz">St. Mary</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Sarkis_Church_(Tabriz,_Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Sarkis Church (Tabriz, Iran)">St. Sarkis</a>, <a 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href="/wiki/St._Catherine_Convent" title="St. Catherine Convent">St. Catherine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bedkhem_Church" title="Bedkhem Church">Bethlehem</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Nicholas_Church,_New_Julfa" title="St. Nicholas Church, New Julfa">St. Nicholas</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Gregory_the_Illuminator_Church,_New_Julfa" title="St. Gregory the Illuminator Church, New Julfa">St. Gregory</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Sarkis_Church_(Isfahan,_Iran)" title="St. Sarkis Church (Isfahan, Iran)">St. Sarkis, Isfahan</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Minas_Church" title="St. Minas Church">St. Minas</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Nerses_Church" title="St. Nerses Church">St. Nerses</a>)</li> <li>Tehran (<a href="/wiki/Saints_Thaddeus_and_Bartholomew_Church_of_Tehran" title="Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew Church of Tehran">St. Thaddeus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_George_Church_of_Tehran" title="Saint George Church of Tehran">St. George</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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Saidabad">Saidabad</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Church,_Dhaka" title="Armenian Church, Dhaka">Dhaka</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_Monastery,_Jaffa" title="Saint Nicholas Monastery, Jaffa">St. Nicholas Monastery</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sourp_Magar_Monastery,_Cyprus" title="Sourp Magar Monastery, Cyprus">Magar Vank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_de_Tyre" title="Notre Dame de Tyre">Notre Dame de Tyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganchvor_monastery" title="Ganchvor monastery">Ganchvor</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Church,_Singapore" title="Armenian Church, Singapore">Saint Gregory the Illuminator</a></li></ul> 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