Horomos Monastery Khoshavank'; Ghochavank'; Losavank'; Xosavank' Yovhannes Monasteries Religious buildings narthexes relics Churches The monastery of Horomos is situated about 15 km north-east of Ani,Turkey. It was one of the most important religious and cultural centres within the Kingdom of Ani, and was founded during the reign of King Abas the first (943-953) - a period of monastic revival in Armenia. The monastery was originally built on a caravan route. The monastery comprises two separate groups of structures. The main part of the monastery lies within a fortified enclosure at the edge of cliffs above the Akhurean river. Below and to the north of the main complex is a row of three churches built on a rise in the ground.Within the enclosure wall, two groups of now ruinous buildings still survive.The first group is built around the church of Saint John Saint John, the main church of the monastery, a rectangular domed-hall type. The semicircular dome had a cylindrical drum supported by pendentives, and had a conical external roof. . Its outer hall or zhamatun is now the most prominent surviving building at Horomos. The second group, known as the "house of the relics" stands to the south of the first. Daniel Vardapet of Tigranakert Bishop Yohannes of Samb Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-2175 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Near Ani, Kars Ili province, Doğu Anadolu region,Turkey 10th-11th centuries CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Horomos Monastery
Khoshavank'; Ghochavank'; Losavank'; Xosavank'
Yovhannes
Monasteries
Religious buildings
narthexes
relics
Churches
The monastery of Horomos is situated about 15 km north-east of Ani,Turkey. It was one of the most important religious and cultural centres within the Kingdom of Ani, and was founded during the reign of King Abas the first (943-953) - a period of monastic revival in Armenia. The monastery was originally built on a caravan route. The monastery comprises two separate groups of structures. The main part of the monastery lies within a fortified enclosure at the edge of cliffs above the Akhurean river. Below and to the north of the main complex is a row of three churches built on a rise in the ground.Within the enclosure wall, two groups of now ruinous buildings still survive.The first group is built around the church of Saint John Saint John, the main church of the monastery, a rectangular domed-hall type. The semicircular dome had a cylindrical drum supported by pendentives, and had a conical external roof. . Its outer hall or zhamatun is now the most prominent surviving building at Horomos. The second group, known as the "house of the relics" stands to the south of the first.
Daniel Vardapet of Tigranakert
Bishop Yohannes of Samb
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-2175
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Near Ani, Kars Ili province, Doğu Anadolu region,Turkey
10th-11th centuries CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council