Sevanavank (Armenian: Սևանավանք; meaning Sevan Monastery) is a monastic complex located on a peninsula at the northwestern shore of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, not far from the town of Sevan. Initially the monastery was built at the southern shore of a small island. After the artificial draining of Lake Sevan, which started in the era of Joseph Stalin, the water level fell about 20 metres, and the island transformed into a peninsula. At the southern shore of this newly created peninsula, a guesthouse of the Armenian Writers' Union was built. The eastern shore is occupied by the Armenian president's summer residence, while the monastery's still active seminary moved to newly constructed buildings at the northern shore of the peninsula.
Due to easier accessibility (once it became a peninsula), good highway and railway connections with the Armenian capital Yerevan, a well-developed tourist industry in the nearby town of Sevan, and its picturesque location (although less picturesque than it was before the lake level drop), Sevanavank is one of the most visited tourism sights in Armenia.
Sevanavank (Armenian: Սևանավանք; meaning Sevan Monastery) is a monastic complex located on a peninsula at the northwestern shore of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik...
Island is home to a ninth-century Armenian Cathedral church, known as Sevanavank, which is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Armenia. The...
on the coast, including Berdkunk Fortress, Odzaberd, and others. SevanavankSevanavank in 1818 Vanevan Kotavank Kotavank prior of the renovation Renovation...
needed] One of the few such surviving khachkars today is located in the Sevanavank monastery, which also depicts scenes from the Bible. A modern khachkar...
the Church of the Holy Apostles, in Constantinople. The monastery of Sevanavank, located on the shore of Lake Sevan (Armenia), is founded. Muhammad al-Mahdi...
Church of Ddmashen, 7th century Hatsarat Monastery of the 7th century Sevanavank monastic complex of the 9th century Hayravank Monastery of the 9th century...
of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 897 and 898. He was a monk of Sevanavank monastery and regarded as a very holy man. While a monk, he was asked...
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