Bardzrakash Monastery
Bardzrakash is a 10th-13th century Armenian monastery located between Dsegh village and Tumanyan town within Lori marz, Armenia. It is built on a flat spot on a steep slope below cliffs, and above the Marts river, in the Tavut forest.Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
- Description: cultural heritage monument of Armenia
- Also known as: “Bardzraqash Monastery”, “Surb Grigori Bardzrakash Monastery”, and “Բարձրաքաշի Սուրբ Գրիգոր համալիր”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Did and Karasun Mankants.
Karasun Mankants
Church
Photo: Ek6rba, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karasun Mankants is a church, which is situated 2 km southwest of Bardzrakash Monastery.
Kobayr monastery
Monastery
Photo: Baldiri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kobayr is a 12th-century Armenian monastery located in the village Kobayr, directly across the road from the town of Tumanyan, within Lori marz, Armenia. Kobayr monastery is situated 3½ km northwest of Bardzrakash Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dsegh and Karinj.
Dsegh
Photo: Harut Chatinyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dsegh, known as Tumanyan between 1938 and 1969, is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. It is located about 13 km south of the city of Alaverdi, on the high right bank of the Debed River, on a peninsula surrounded by forests, on the western side of which is the Debed Gorge.
Karinj
Village
Photo: Ruzanna Saroyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Karinj is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. It belongs to the municipality of Tumanyan. Karinj is situated 2½ km east of Bardzrakash Monastery.
Tumanyan
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tumanyan is in Northern Armenia. The cute little town has a nice town square which has stunning views of the Debed Canyon's cliffs.
Bardzrakash Monastery
- Categories: cultural property and religion
- Location: Lori, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.97783° or 40° 58′ 40″ northLongitude
44.65899° or 44° 39′ 32″ eastElevation
1,180 metres (3,871 feet)Open location code
8HG6XMH5+4HOpenStreetMap ID
way 892209438OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=armenian_apostolicGeoNames ID
11321000Wikidata ID
Q2884376
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Bardzrakash Monastery” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Bardzrak’ash Sb Astvatsatsin”
- Armenian: “Բարձրաքաշ Սուրբ Աստվածածին”
- Armenian: “Բարձրաքաշ Սուրբ Գրիգորի վանք”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ վանք (Բարձրաքաշ)”
- Armenian: “Վանական համալիր Սբ. Գրիգոր Բարձրաքաշ”
- French: “Bardzrakach”
- French: “Monastère Saint-Grégoire de Bardzrakach”
- German: “Kloster Bardzrakash”
- Persian: “صومعه باردزراکاش”
- Russian: “Бардзракаш”
- Russian: “монастырь Святого Григория”
- Spanish: “Bardzrakash”
- Turkish: “Bardzrakash Manastırı”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Бардзракаш”
- Western Armenian: “Բարձրաքաշ Սուրբ Աստուածածնի վանք”
- Western Armenian: “Սուրբ Գրիգորի վանք”
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