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Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery

Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery or Monastery of Yeghishe the Apostle is an Armenian Apostolic Church, in the region of , , located close to the village of , on the bank of the .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
  • Description: monastery
  • Also known as: “Jrvshtik” and “Monastery of Yeghishe the Apostle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sugovushan reservoir.

Reservoir
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is situated 3½ km southeast of Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Təpəkənd and Madagiz.

Village
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Tonashen or Tapakend is a village in the Aghdara District of , in the region of . Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. is situated 3½ km south of Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery.

Village
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or Sugovushan, is a village in the Aghdara District of , in the region of . The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. is situated 4½ km east of Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery.

Village
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is a village in the Aghdara District in , in the disputed region of . The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. is situated 6 km northeast of Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery.

Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery

Latitude
40.3362° or 40° 20′ 10″ north
Longitude
46.69507° or 46° 41′ 42″ east
Open location code
8HG88MPW+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4859216937
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­armenian_apostolic
Wiki­data ID
Q745440
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Եղիշե առաքյալի վանք”
  • Armenian: “Եղիշէ Առաքեալի վանք”
  • Armenian: “Ջրվշտիկ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Yelisey monastırı”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Elisj”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Jegisjekerk”
  • French: “Saint-Élisée-l’Apôtre”
  • German: “Kloster Jegische Arakjal”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Yeghishe Arakyal”
  • Persian: “صومعه یغیشه آراکیال”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro do apóstolo Eliseu”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro do Apóstolo Eliseu”
  • Russian: “Джрвиштик”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Апостола Егише”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Егиш Аракял”
  • Ukrainian: “Єгіше Аракял”
  • Western Armenian: “Եղիշէ Առաքեալի Վանք”
  • Western Armenian: “Եղիշէ Առաքեալի վանքը”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery”. Photo: Ліонкінг, CC BY-SA 3.0.