Adır Island ( tr, Adır Adası) or Lim Island ( hy, Լիմ կղզի ''Lim kghzi'', ku, Girava Lîm), is the largest island in

Lake Van Lake Van ( tr, Van Gölü; hy, Վանա լիճ, translit=Vana lič̣; ku, Gola Wanê) is the largest lake in Turkey. It lies in the far east of Turkey, in the provinces of Van and Bitlis in the Armenian highlands. It is a saline soda lake ...

, located in the North East part of the lake. During the

Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was ...

upwards of 12,000 Armenian women and children, crossed to the isle over a period of three days while a few dozen men covered their retreat from Hamidiye regiments. The Situation became soon critical because of a lack of food. The Armenian Monastery on the island was called St. George or Sourp Kevork. It was built in 1305 and expanded in 1621 and 1766. The Monastery is currently in ruins. The island also contains a cemetery of Armenian

khachkar A ''khachkar'', also known as a ''khatchkar'' or Armenian cross-stone ( hy, խաչքար, , խաչ xačʿ "cross" + քար kʿar "stone") is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often with additional motifs such as rosettes, in ...

Gallery

File:Lim Monastery4.JPG, Lim Armenian Monastery in 2009 File:Lim Monastery3.JPG, Lim Armenian Monastery in 2009 File:Lim Monastery1.JPG, Lim Armenian Monastery in 2009 File:Lim Monastery.JPG , Armenian writing on the Monastery in 2009 File:The church on Lim island (Van) 2.jpg, Built-in khachkar File:The church on Lim island (Van) 3.jpg, Remains of a khachkar near the church File:The church on Lim island (Van) 4.jpg, Internal view of the church 2021 File:The church on Lim island (Van) 6.jpg, Lying khachkar

References

External links

*Lim island and Armenian monastery "Anapat" on Panoramio
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adir Island Islands of Lake Van Islands of Van Province Islands of Turkey