It is located in Vayots Dzor region, on the left bank of the Arpa river, in a high place, about 1 km west of Gndevaz village.
According to historian Stepanos Orbelyan, Gndevank was founded by Princess Sophia /Sopi/ of Syunik in the 10th century as a hermitage. It was named Gndevank after Father Supan Gnduni. The monument group is a structure of the 10-17th centuries, which consists of St. Stepanos Church, the gavit, the refectory, the cemetery, the residental and economic buildings, the monastery water canal. It is fenced.
Monuments of Aragatsotn, Aragatsotn region
State index 2.1.17
St Marine church is located in the town of Ashtarak, in the Aragatsotn Province of the Republic of Armenia. According to the inscription preserved in the prayer hall, it was built in 1281 during the leadership of vardapet Gregory. The church was built of brown tuff stone.
The monument is located in the village of Khors, Vayots Dzor Marz. The village has a cemetry (XII-XIV) with numerous khachkars. The village of Vank is located on the top of Geghasar.The village stands out especially for its bowed church, khachkars and tombstones. The Head of the Department of the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, archaeologist Husyk Melkonyan, speaking about the Armenian princely buildings, said that very few princely houses have been preserved in Armenia and one of them is the gate built by Prince Chesar Orbelian in Hors. “It is very valuable,” writes Sargis Barkhudaryan, “the old residential building preserved in the center of a village which consisted of two parts, – the house itself and a hall before it.”
“Our generation must honor the generosity of the Middle Ages to the sculptor, the miniature painter, the architect, the founder of the new Gladzor school, and we must create an opportunity for the youth to get to know him…”
Academician Varazdat Harutyunyan
/Aragatsotn region, Monument of Aragatsotn State index: 2.1.2.16/
Tsiranavor Church is one of the most important monuments of Armenian architecture among the three-nave basilica churches of the early Christian period. It is located in Ashtarak town of Aragatsotn region. Bibliographic and lithographic sources do not give us any definite information about its foundation, however, due to architectural and constructional features, researchers date it to the 4th-5th centuries.
For the first time, the territory of the Garni Museum-Reserve is decorated with bright Christmas lights and decorations. More than 18 thousand lamps and light toys illuminate the territory and alley of the reserve.
The employees of the Lori Regional Service of the “Service for the Protection of Historical Environment and Cultural Museum-reservations” SNCO and the rescuers of the Fire and Rescue Team of Rescue Department of Tumanyan of Rescue Department of Lori Region cleared the arches and the walls of Sanahin bridge from grass and removed the tree roots that have been damaging the monument.
“Garni” Historical-Cultural Museum-Reservation, “Zvartnots” Historical-Cultural
Museum-Reservation, as well as Historical-Cultural Museum-Reservation of “LoriBerd” branches of the “Service for the Protection of Historical Environment and Cultural Museum-reservations” SNCO will be open with the following schedule.
