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Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery ( hy, Եղիշե առաքյալի վանք, Yeghishe Arakyali Vank) or Monastery of Yeghishe the Apostle ( az, Müqəddəs Yelisey monastırı) is an
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in
Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked country, landlocked region in the Transcaucasia, South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik Province, Syunik, and covering the southeastern range o ...
, located close to the village of
Madagiz Madagiz ( hy, Մատաղիս, Mataghis) or Sugovushan (, ), is a village in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
, on the bank of the
Tartar River The Tartar ( az, Tərtərçay, hy, Թարթառ) is one of the tributaries of the Kura located in Azerbaijan. It passes through the districts of Kalbajar, Barda and Tartar. Parts of the river flows through the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsa ...
. The complex comprises the church, seven
chapel A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. Firstly, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common ty ...
s, a cemetery, and ruins of other buildings.


History

Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery was built sometime in the 5th century and expanded in the 13th century. One of the seven chapels surrounding the minster is the tomb of
Vachagan III Vachagan III the Pious () or Vachagan II (according to some authors) was the last Arsacid king of Caucasian Albania, ruling approximately from 485 to 523. Background His lineage is uncertain. Murtazali Gadjiev considers him a son (or nephew) of ...
, King of
Caucasian Albania Caucasian Albania is a modern exonym for a former state located in ancient times in the Caucasus: mostly in what is now Azerbaijan (where both of its capitals were located). The modern endonyms for the area are ''Aghwank'' and ''Aluank'', among ...
, also known as Vachagan the Pious (487–510).


Gallery

General plan of the Yeghish Arakyal monastery complex.jpg, Plan of the monastery Yeghishe_Arakyal_Monastery_-_Եղիշե_առաքյալի_վանք_17.JPG, Armenian khachkars in the wall in the monastery of St. Yeghishe. Yeghishe Arakyal102.jpg Yeghishe Arakyal103.jpg Yeghishe Arakyal104.jpg Yeghishe Arakyal106.jpg Yeghishe Arakyal108.jpg


See also

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Armenian culture The culture of Armenia encompasses many elements that are based on the geography, literature, architecture, dance, and music of the people. Creative arts Literature Literature began in Armenia around 401 A.D. The majority of the literary ...
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Armenian architecture Armenian architecture comprises architectural works with an aesthetic or historical connection to the Armenian people. It is difficult to situate this architectural style within precise geographical or chronological limits, but many of its monumen ...
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Architecture of Azerbaijan Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...
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Culture of Nagorno-Karabakh Culture of Artsakh includes artifacts of tangible and intangible culture that has been historically associated with Artsakh (historic province) in the Southern Caucasus, controlled by Azerbaijan and the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. These inclu ...
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Bridge of Jerveshtik The Bridge of Jerveshtik is a single-span bridge situated over the stream Jerveshtik (Yeghishe Arakyal, i.e. Elisha the Apostle), in a deep gorge 400 metres north-west of the Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery, within 5 kilometres of Mataghis Village, M ...


References


External links


''Yeghishe Arakyel Monastery'' at Armeniapedia.org
Christian monasteries in Azerbaijan Churches in Azerbaijan Armenian Apostolic monasteries Armenian Apostolic monasteries in Azerbaijan Oriental Orthodox congregations established in the 5th century Christian monasteries established in the 5th century Tartar District Martakert Province {{Azerbaijan-church-stub