Caucasus
Armenia
Kotayk Province

Gharghavank (Zoravor Church)

Gharghavank is a ruined Armenian Apostolic church located on the outskirts of the village of , at the lower slopes of Mount Ara in , .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
  • Description: cultural heritage monument of Armenia
  • Also known as: “Gharghavank”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zoravan and Saralanj.

Village
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is a village situated along the lower slopes of Mount Ara in the of . The village was established in 1972–80, during which time it was called Pokravan, for the purpose of developing a large stockyard or feedlot that would ultimately be utilized to breed a target of eleven-thousand animals.

Village
is a village in the of . The mayor of is Gegham Zilifyan. is situated 4½ km north of Gharghavank (Zoravor Church).

Town
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is a town and urban municipal community in the of . It is located 39 kilometres southwest of the provincial centre . As of the 2022 census, the town had a population of 12,279. is situated 5 km southwest of Gharghavank (Zoravor Church).

Gharghavank (Zoravor Church)

Latitude
40.36281° or 40° 21′ 46″ north
Longitude
44.50645° or 44° 30′ 23″ east
Open location code
8HG69G74+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 215094767
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­armenian_apostolic
Wiki­data ID
Q3851599
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Gharghavank (Zoravor Church)” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Եկեղեցի Զորավար (Սբ. Թեոդորոս, «Ղարղավանք»)”
  • Armenian: “Զորավանի Զորավոր եկեղեցի”
  • Armenian: “Զորավոր եկեղեցի”
  • Chinese: “佐拉沃尔教堂”
  • Esperanto: “Gharghavank”
  • Georgian: “ღარღავანქი”
  • German: “Zoravar”
  • Persian: “غاراغاوانک”
  • Russian: “Гаргаванк”
  • Russian: “Св. Теодорос”
  • Russian: “церковь Зоравор”
  • Turkish: “Gharghavank”

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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 “Gharghavank (Zoravor Church)”. Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 3.0.