Review Aparank Monastery In bahcesaray, van, turkey | Convent In Bahcesaray

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Aparank Monastery

Bahcesaray,

Van,Turkey - 65710

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Detailed description is Aparank Monastery or Aparanq, or Holy Cross Aparank, is an Armenian monastery located in modern-day Turkey, Van province near the city of Bahçesaray.
It is part of the historical Armenian province of Moxoene.Aparank monastery was founded in the 10th century to house a relic of the True Cross.
The church was restored and expanded in the 17th century, and it was abandoned during the first half of the 20th century after the Armenian Genocide.
Pre-genocide, it consisted of the churches of Surb Hovhannes Karapet (St.
John the Baptist), Surb Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God), and the chapels of Surb Stepannos (St.
Stephen) and Surb Arakelots (Holy Apostles), a gavit, a fountain, and a hotel.LocationThe monastery is located on the Aparank Armenian plateau and is above sea level on the southwest side of Vankin Dağ (Sarikhats).
It lies northwest of the town of Aparank (Veras in Kurdish) and south of Bahçesaray in Van province,Turkey.Historically, the complex was located in the township of Mamrtank or Mirja of the province of Moxoene, one of the fifteen provinces of historic Armenia that the VII century Armenian geographer Anania of Shirak.HistoryThe founding of the monastery is known because of panegyric written for the occasion by Gregory of Narek, the History of the Holy Cross Aparank.