Գեղմահովիտի եկեղեցի

Գեղմահովիտի եկեղեցի is a church in Ararat Province, Armenia. Գեղմահովիտի եկեղեցի is situated nearby to the hamlet Baberd, as well as near the peak Khotavet.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Stepanos (Aghjots Vank) and Havuts Tar.

St. Stepanos (Aghjots Vank)

Church

Photo: Z galstyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Aghjots Vank; also known as the Saint Stephen Monastery of Goght, is a 13th-century monastery situated along a tributary of the Azat River Valley within the Khosrov State Reserve located half a mile walk from the hamlet of Mets Gilanlar, and near the villages of Goght and Garni in the Ararat Province of Armenia. St. Stepanos (Aghjots Vank) is situated 2½ km northeast of Գեղմահովիտի եկեղեցի.

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 4 km northwest of Գեղմահովիտի եկեղեցի.

Surb Amenaprkich

Church

Photo: Toneyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Surb Amenaprkich is a church, which is situated 4 km northwest of Գեղմահովիտի եկեղեցի.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baberd and Goght.

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.

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 north of Գեղմահովիտի եկեղեցի.

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.

Գեղմահովիտի եկեղեցի

Type: Church
Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
Categories: building, ruins, historic site, place of worship, and religion
Location: Ararat Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude

40.09133° or 40° 5′ 29″ north

Longitude

44.78658° or 44° 47′ 12″ east

Open location code

8HG63QRP+GJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 705776294

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=armenian_apostolic

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