Aprank Monastery
Aprank or Abrenk, also known as Saint David, is a former Armenian Apostolic monastery near Üçpınar, Tercan in Erzincan Province, eastern Turkey that was abandoned after the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
- Monastery
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,780 metres (5,830 feet)
- Description: Armenian monastery in Turkey
- Also known as“Abrenk”“Monastery of Saint David”“Monastery of Saint Grigor of Aprank”“Saint David’s monastery”“St. Gregory Monastery of Aprank”“Tsakkar Monastery”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Üçpınar and Çukuryurt.
Üçpınar
Üçpınar is a village in the Tercan District, Erzincan Province, Turkey.
Çukuryurt
Village
Çukuryurt is a village in the Tercan District, Erzincan Province, Turkey.
Yenibucak
Village
Yenibucak is a village in the Tercan District, Erzincan Province, Turkey. Yenibucak is situated 4 km southeast of Aprank Monastery.
Aprank Monastery
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Latitude
39.66155° or 39° 39′ 42″ north
Longitude
40.28875° or 40° 17′ 20″ east
Open location code
8HF2M76Q+JF
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Aprank Monastery” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ապրանից Սուրբ Գրիգորի վանք”
- Armenian: “Ապրանից վանք”
- Armenian: “Ծակքարի վանք”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Դավթի վանք”
- Russian: “Абренк”
- Russian: “Апранк”
- Russian: “Монастырь Апранк”
- Russian: “Монастырь Святого Давида”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Aprank”
- Turkish: “Aprank Manastırı”
- Western Armenian: “Ապրանից վանք”
- Western Armenian: “Սուրբ Դաւիթ վանք”
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