Khumarzham (Khonarvats) Church ruins
Khumarzham (Khonarvats) Church ruins is a church in Garni Municipality, Kotayk Province. Khumarzham (Khonarvats) Church ruins is situated nearby to the post office HayPost 2215, as well as near the town hall Garni Village Municipality.Photo: Armen Manukov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: cultural heritage monument of Armenia
- Also known as: “Khonarvats Church” and “Khumarzham Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Garni Temple and Mashtots Hayrapet Church of Garni.
Garni Temple
Temple
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Garni Temple is a classical colonnaded structure in the village of Garni, in central Armenia, around 30 km east of Yerevan. Built in the Ionic order, it is the best-known structure and symbol of pre-Christian Armenia. Garni Temple is situated 690 metres south of Khumarzham (Khonarvats) Church ruins.
Mashtots Hayrapet Church of Garni
Church
Photo: Volodya G., CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mashtots Hayrapet is a church located within the village of Garni in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It was built in the 12th century at the site of what was formerly a pagan shrine. Mashtots Hayrapet Church of Garni is situated 480 metres east of Khumarzham (Khonarvats) Church ruins.
Havuts Tar
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Havuts Tar is an 11th to 13th century walled monastery, situated upon a promontory along the Azat River Valley across from the villages of Goght and Garni in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. Havuts Tar is situated 3 km east of Khumarzham (Khonarvats) Church ruins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garni and Goght.
Garni
Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5.
Garni is a village in the Kotayk Province of Central Armenia. Most visitors come on day trips from Yerevan to see Garni Temple and Geghard Monastery, but the area deserves a longer stay.
Goght
Village
Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goght is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, located on the right bank of the upper-Azat River. It is known from 13th-century manuscripts as Goghot. Goght is situated 5 km northeast of Khumarzham (Khonarvats) Church ruins.
Baberd
Hamlet
Geghmahovit or Bayburd is an abandoned town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. Traces of an early medieval armenian Bayburd settlement have been preserved in the Khosrov reserve, at the confluence of the Aghjo and Glan tributaries of the Azat River. Baberd is situated 5 km southeast of Khumarzham (Khonarvats) Church ruins.
Khumarzham (Khonarvats) Church ruins
- Categories: cultural property, ruins, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Garni Municipality, Kotayk Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.11836° or 40° 7′ 6″ northLongitude
44.73218° or 44° 43′ 56″ eastOpen location code
8HG64P9J+8VOpenStreetMap ID
way 687223166OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q42954741
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Khumarzham (Khonarvats) Church ruins” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Եկեղեցի”
- Armenian: “Խոնարհված եկեղեցի”
- Armenian: “Խումարաժամ”
- Russian: “руины церкви Хумаржам (Хонарвац)”
- Turkish: “Khumarzham Kilisesi”
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Highlights include HayPost 2215 and Garni Village Municipality.
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