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1. Sevanavank Monastery – Surb Arakelots Church loop from Սևանի թերակղզի

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Sven FG ⚒

November 15, 2021

Sevanavank Monastery, from the 9th century.

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Andi

September 24, 2023

According to an inscription in the smaller of the two churches, the monastery was founded in 874 (871) by Princess Mariam, daughter of the “Prince of Princes” (king from 862, 884–890) Ashot Bagratuni and widow of the regional prince Vasak Gabor von Gegharkunik in Syunik (r. 851–859), founded and endowed with goods. On the site of a fortress destroyed by Muhammad ibn Marwan around 701/02, some monks had already built a chapel and a few cells around the year 800. The founding abbot of the princely monastery was the monk and later Catholicos Mashtoz. In 883 Aschot Bagratuni donated to the monastery a cross relic received from Emperor Basil I with a valuable storage archive as well as numerous other lands.

The core of the monastery were three small churches consecrated around the year 874, two of which still exist today (Surb Arakelots and Surb Astvatsatsin). The other monastic buildings (library, school, residential building, etc.) were grouped around these, none of which remain today. In contrast to almost all other Armenian monasteries, Sevanavank was not surrounded by a defensive wall, as its island location did not make this necessary. Life in the monastery was strict, as the monastery was intended for monks from Etchmiadzin who had sinned there, as well as for Armenian nobles who had fallen from grace.

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewanavank

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1. Sevanavank Monastery – Surb Arakelots Church loop from Սևանի թերակղզի

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