Chgnavor Monastery
Chgnavor Monastery is a church in Lori, Armenia. Chgnavor Monastery is situated nearby to the peak Did, as well as near the village Arevatsag.Photo: Վազգեն Ղալայան, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Վազգեն Ղալայան, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
- Description: small church with one wall formed from a cliff, with ancient stone stairwell leading to it. Sweeping views of the canyons below
- Also known as: “Chgnavori Vank”, “Jknavori vank”, and “Monastery of Tsater”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Karasun Mankants and Kobayr monastery.
Karasun Mankants
Church
Photo: Ek6rba, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karasun Mankants is a church, which is situated 1½ km southeast of Chgnavor 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 3 km north of Chgnavor Monastery.
Surb Grigori Bardzrakash Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Surb Grigori Bardzrakash Monastery is situated 2½ km east of Chgnavor Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tsater and Arevatsag.
Arevatsag
Village
Photo: A.arpi.a, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arevatsag is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia.
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.
Chgnavor Monastery
- Categories: cultural property, monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Lori, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.97879° or 40° 58′ 44″ northLongitude
44.63173° or 44° 37′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8HG6XJHJ+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 7409767163OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=armenian_apostolicWikidata ID
Q43041873
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Chgnavor Monastery” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ծաթերի Ճգնավորի վանք, Ծաթերի վանք”
- Armenian: “Ճգնավորի վանք”
- Turkish: “Chgnavori Vank”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chgnavor Monastery Trailhead and Surb Astvatsatsin.
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