Amaras Monastery
Amaras Monastery is an Armenian monastery near the village of Sos, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. It was a prominent religious and educational center in medieval Armenia. Azerbaijan denies the monastery's Armenian Apostolic heritage, instead falsely referring to it as "Caucasian Albanian".Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
- Description: monastery in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan
- Also known as: “Amaras”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Divanalılar and Cütçü.
Divanalılar
Residential area
Divanalılar is a village in the Fuzuli District of Azerbaijan. The village had an Azerbaijani majority prior to their expulsion during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Divanalılar is situated 3 km southeast of Amaras Monastery.
Cütçü
Residential area
Machkalashen is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. Cütçü is situated 3 km northwest of Amaras Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Machkalashen and Qacar.
Machkalashen
Village
Machkalashen is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. Machkalashen is situated 3 km northwest of Amaras Monastery.
Qacar
Village
Qacar is a village in the Fuzuli District of Azerbaijan. Qacar is situated 4 km south of Amaras Monastery.
Ağbaşlı
Village
Ağbaşlı is a former village in the current Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. Before its abolition, the village was part of the Veysalli Rural administrative division of the Fuzuli District. Ağbaşlı is situated 4½ km north of Amaras Monastery.
Amaras Monastery
- Categories: monastery, building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Khojavend District, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.68373° or 39° 41′ 1″ northLongitude
47.05737° or 47° 3′ 27″ eastElevation
521 metres (1,709 feet)Open location code
8HF9M3M4+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 208009778OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=armenian_apostolicGeoNames ID
8506806Wikidata ID
Q507050
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Amaras Monastery” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Աղօղլան”
- Armenian: “Ամարազ”
- Armenian: “Ամարասի վանք”
- Armenian: “Ամարասի Վանք”
- Armenian: “Ամարեն”
- Armenian: “Արմարաս”
- Armenian: “Մարաս”
- Azerbaijani: “Amaras monastırı”
- Azerbaijani: “Amaras”
- Bashkir: “Амарас”
- Basque: “Amarasko monasterioa”
- Bengali: “আমারাস উপাসনালয়”
- Chinese: “阿馬拉斯修道院”
- Chinese: “阿马拉斯修道院”
- Dutch: “Amaras Monastery”
- Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Amaras”
- French: “Amaras”
- Georgian: “ამარასის მონასტერი”
- German: “Kloster Amaras”
- Greek: “Μονή Αμάρας”
- Italian: “Monastero di Amaras”
- Persian: “صومعه آماراس”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Amaras”
- Russian: “Амарас”
- Russian: “Монастырь Амарас”
- Serbian: “Манастир Амарас”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Amaras”
- Turkish: “Amaras Manastırı”
- Turkish: “Amaras”
- Ukrainian: “Амарас”
- Western Armenian: “Ամարասի վանք”
- Western Armenian: “Ամարէն վամք”
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