Varak Surp Haç Manastırı
Varagavank Manastırı, Yedi Kilise olarak da bilinir.
- Tür: Kilise ve Manastır
- Kültür: Ermeni
- Yüzyıl: 11. yy, 8. yy
- Bölge: Türkiye, Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi, Van, İpekyolu
| Varagavank | |
|---|---|
 The monastery c. 1913[1] | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| Status | several buildings destroyed, continuous deterioration of others |
| Location | |
| Location | Yukarı Bakraçlı,[2][3] Van Province, Turkey |
  Shown within Turkey | |
| Geographic coordinates | 38°26′59″N 43°27′39″E / 38.449636°N 43.460825°E |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Armenian |
| Founder | Senekerim-Hovhannes Artsruni |
| Groundbreaking | early 11th century |
Varagavank (Armenian: Վարագավանք, 'Monastery of Varag';[A] Turkish: Yedi Kilise, 'Seven Churches') was an Armenian monastery on the slopes of Mount Erek, 9 km (5.6 mi) southeast of the city of Van, in eastern Turkey.
The monastery was founded in the early 11th century by Senekerim-Hovhannes Artsruni, the Armenian King of Vaspurakan, on a preexisting religious site. Initially serving as the necropolis of the Artsruni kings, it eventually became the seat of the archbishop of the Armenian Church in Van.[5] The monastery has been described as one of the great monastic centers of the Armenian church by Ara Sarafian and the richest and most celebrated monastery of the Lake Van area by Robert H. Hewsen.
During the Armenian genocide, in April–May 1915, the Turkish army attacked, burned, and destroyed much of the monastery. More of it was destroyed in the 1960s, although some sections are still extant.
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- ^ Minasian, T. H. "Գրիգոր Սկևռացու գրական ժառանգության հարցի շուրջ [To the Question of Grigor Skevratsi's Literary Heritage]". Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri (in Armenian) (2). Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences: 98. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014.
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