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Holy Saviour's monastery of Yerazgavors

Akyaka, Turkey · built 801

Yerazgavorsi Surb Amenaprkitchi Vank (Holy Saviour of All) is an Armenian monastery in the village of Çetindurak (previously called Başsüregel) in the Kars Province of present-day Turkey. This corresponds to the Shirakavan settlement of Historical Armenia, also known by its older name of Yerazgavors, developed into a small town in the mid-ninth century AD. It was located about 25 km Northeast of Ani, the capital of the medieval Bagratid (Bagratuni) Armenian Kingdom and ceased functioning as a monastery in 1920 after the Armenian genocide.

Monastery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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