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While the main chapel was built in 1215, the monastery complex was founded in the 4th century by Gregory the Illuminator at the site of a sacred spring inside a cave. The monastery had thus been originally named Ayrivank (Այրիվանք), meaning "the Monastery of the Cave".
27 kwi 2018 · Geghard (Armenian: Geghardavank or "monastery of the spear") is a medieval monastery located in Armenia's Kotayk province, deep within the Azat Valley, which was built directly out of an adjacent mountain.
The monastery complex was founded in the 4th century by Gregory the Illuminator at the site of a sacred spring inside a cave. The main complex, situated within a defensive wall, dates from the 13th century and holds churches, chapels, cells for monks to live in, and princely tombs.
13 wrz 2011 · In 1215, the main and most prominent chapel was built. Partially carved out of the rocks on all sides of it, the stone monastery melds beautifully with its surroundings and stands out among the...
The structure was probably built by King Tiridates I in the first century AD as a temple to the sun god Mihr. After Armenia's conversion to Christianity in the early fourth century, it was converted into a royal summer house of Khosrovidukht, the sister of Tiridates III.
Situated in Armenia’s Upper Azat Valley, east of Yerevan, Geghard Monastery is a complex of churches and caves which began to be important in the fourth century, but many of which were built later during the thirteenth century.
1 mar 2022 · Later on, in the 13th century, Armenian Prince Prosh Khaghbakian took over the church and started to build Geghard Monastery as we now know it. The name Geghard was first mentioned in 1250 when ancient documents were kept inside of the monastery.
