Church of the Holy Apostles
The Church of the Holy Apostles, also Arak’elots, is an important ecclesiastical monument of the ruined city of Ani, modern Turkey, on the border with Armenia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: Armenian Church in Ani
- Also known as: “Ani Apostol Church” and “Church of the Holy Apostles of Ani”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ani and Cathedral of Ani.
Ani
Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ani is an abandoned city in Eastern Anatolia, 44 km east of Kars and right on the border with Armenia. It was the chief city of Armenia in the 11th century, but dwindled thereafter, and was abandoned in the 13th century.
Cathedral of Ani
Church
The Cathedral of Ani is the largest standing building in Ani, the capital city of medieval Bagratid Armenia, located in present-day eastern Turkey, on the border with modern Armenia. Cathedral of Ani is situated 320 metres southeast of Church of the Holy Apostles.
Saint Gregory of Abughamrents Church
Church
Photo: Armenak Margarian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Gregory of Abughamrents Church is situated 180 metres southwest of Church of the Holy Apostles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ani and Norshen.
Kozluca
Village
Kozluca is a village in the Kars District of Kars Province, Turkey. Its population is 102. The village houses the remains of the Armenian Bagnayr Monastery, built in the 10th century CE. Kozluca is situated 7 km west of Church of the Holy Apostles.
Church of the Holy Apostles
- Categories: ruins and religion
- Location: Kars, Kars Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Church of the Holy Apostles” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Surb Araqeloc yekexeci”
- Armenian: “Surb Arrak’elots yekeghetsi”
- Armenian: “Անիի Սուրբ Առաքելոց եկեղեցի”
- Armenian: “Առաքելոց վանք”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Առաքելոց եկեղեցի”
- Azerbaijani: “Həvarilər kilsəsi”
- French: “église des Saints-Apôtres d’Ani”
- French: “Église des Saints-Apôtres d’Ani”
- German: “Apostelkirche (Ani)”
- German: “Apostelkirche”
- German: “Kirche der Heiligen Apostel”
- Persian: “کلیسای حواریون، آنی”
- Persian: “کلیسای حواریون”
- Russian: “Сурб Аракелоц”
- Russian: “Церковь Святых Апостолов (Ани)”
- Russian: “Церковь Святых Апостолов”
- Turkish: “Ani Apostol Kilisesi”
- Turkish: “Ani Kutsal Havariler Kilisesi”
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