Marmashen Monastery churches Monasteries Religious buildings Marmashen Vank'; Katoghike church of S. Stepanos; St. Astvadzanzin; Church of St. Stepanos Pahlavuni, Vahram Monastic churches Religious complexes The monastic complex is composed of three churches of various dimensions whose east walls are in almost perfect alignment. The main church has the plan of a longitudinal domed hall which was once preceded by a porch which has since disappeared. Its exterior walls are regularly subdivided by small blind arcades. These arcades also surround the portals and the triangular north and south niches. The polygonal drum is surmounted by an umbrella shaped roof. The monastery also had a fourth church cemetery church now in ruins. Archbishop Krikor 1225; 1951; 1963 CE 1982 Images Digital Tiffs and jp2s Tufa over a masonry core A-0024 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture: (Zug, Switzerland, IDC, 1982) Armenian Vahamaberd village; Nerek Ghanidza; Akhurian region, Republic of Armenia. 988-1029 CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Marmashen Monastery churches
Monasteries
Religious buildings
Marmashen Vank'; Katoghike church of S. Stepanos; St. Astvadzanzin; Church of St. Stepanos
Pahlavuni, Vahram
Monastic churches
Religious complexes
The monastic complex is composed of three churches of various dimensions whose east walls are in almost perfect alignment. The main church has the plan of a longitudinal domed hall which was once preceded by a porch which has since disappeared. Its exterior walls are regularly subdivided by small blind arcades. These arcades also surround the portals and the triangular north and south niches. The polygonal drum is surmounted by an umbrella shaped roof. The monastery also had a fourth church cemetery church now in ruins.
Archbishop Krikor
1225; 1951; 1963 CE
1982
Images
Digital
Tiffs and jp2s
Tufa over a masonry core
A-0024
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture: (Zug, Switzerland, IDC, 1982)
Armenian
Vahamaberd village; Nerek Ghanidza; Akhurian region, Republic of Armenia.
988-1029 CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council