Ucpinar: St. David Monastery Monastery of St. Gregory of Aparank; Aparanits' S. Grigor; Aparanic' vank'; Aparank; Abrank; Abrenk; Cakk-ari vank'; Tsakkari Vank'; Derjan Anapat; St. Dawit'i Vank'; St. Gregori Vank'; Tercan vank' Attributed to St. Gregory the Illuminator Monasteries Churches Religious buildings stone relief crosses The early history of the monastery is unknown, but during the nineteenth century it was the episcopal centre of the Tercan district (which contained 34 Armenian villages) and most of the surviving buildings seem to date from that century. The monastery was probably abandoned during 1915, certainly abandoned by 1917. The northern half of the walled enclosure was filled with buildings built against the wall. In the middle of the southern half of the enclosure was the monastery's principal church, called Surp Hovhannes (church of Saint John). The design of the Surp Hovhanness church is a cross within a rectangular perimeter, with four free-standing columns supporting a cupola with a low drum. This design type is common in Armenian churches built from the mid 17th century onwards, and was heavily influenced by post-Byzantine Greek churches. The church has a single entrance, on its west side. The Chapel of Saint David is small church on a ridge to the south of the main enclosure. It is a rectangular, single nave chapel that has a barrel vault internally, a saddle roof externally. The church is built of re-used masonry, and there are old sculptural and inscriptional fragments built into its walls. There are also several very large and unique khachkars (stone crosses) in the vacinity. Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-3058 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Tercan, Erzincan Ili Province, Doğu Anadolu Region, Turkey 12th century? Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Ucpinar: St. David Monastery
Monastery of St. Gregory of Aparank; Aparanits' S. Grigor; Aparanic' vank'; Aparank; Abrank; Abrenk; Cakk-ari vank'; Tsakkari Vank'; Derjan Anapat; St. Dawit'i Vank'; St. Gregori Vank'; Tercan vank'
Attributed to St. Gregory the Illuminator
Monasteries
Churches
Religious buildings
stone relief crosses
The early history of the monastery is unknown, but during the nineteenth century it was the episcopal centre of the Tercan district (which contained 34 Armenian villages) and most of the surviving buildings seem to date from that century. The monastery was probably abandoned during 1915, certainly abandoned by 1917. The northern half of the walled enclosure was filled with buildings built against the wall. In the middle of the southern half of the enclosure was the monastery's principal church, called Surp Hovhannes (church of Saint John). The design of the Surp Hovhanness church is a cross within a rectangular perimeter, with four free-standing columns supporting a cupola with a low drum. This design type is common in Armenian churches built from the mid 17th century onwards, and was heavily influenced by post-Byzantine Greek churches. The church has a single entrance, on its west side. The Chapel of Saint David is small church on a ridge to the south of the main enclosure. It is a rectangular, single nave chapel that has a barrel vault internally, a saddle roof externally. The church is built of re-used masonry, and there are old sculptural and inscriptional fragments built into its walls. There are also several very large and unique khachkars (stone crosses) in the vacinity.
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-3058
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Tercan, Erzincan Ili Province, Doğu Anadolu Region, Turkey
12th century?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council