Khetzkonk Monastery Early Medieval Xc'kawnk; Xckonk; Xckunk; Kht'skawnk; Khts'konk; Khts'kunk Attributed to Prince Vest Sargis Monasteries Churches Religous complexes There were originally five churches perched at the Khtskonk monastic complex on the rim of the narrow canyon, but the church of St Sargis, founded in 1029, is the sole survivor. All five were restored in 1878, but at some time between 1920 and 1965 the other four were destroyed, allegedly by rolling boulders onto them or with explosives. The ruins of the churchs of St. Astuacacin, St. Karapet and St. Stepanos Naxavkay are near the church of St Sargis, whose walls are rent with fissures but it's dome is still intact and the west wall is covered in intricate Armenian inscriptions, making it the equal of any single monument at Ani. The ruined Church of St. Lusaworic' stood a short distance away for m the main group. Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-2146 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Near Ani, Turkey 11th century CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Khetzkonk Monastery
Early Medieval
Xc'kawnk; Xckonk; Xckunk; Kht'skawnk; Khts'konk; Khts'kunk
Attributed to Prince Vest Sargis
Monasteries
Churches
Religous complexes
There were originally five churches perched at the Khtskonk monastic complex on the rim of the narrow canyon, but the church of St Sargis, founded in 1029, is the sole survivor. All five were restored in 1878, but at some time between 1920 and 1965 the other four were destroyed, allegedly by rolling boulders onto them or with explosives. The ruins of the churchs of St. Astuacacin, St. Karapet and St. Stepanos Naxavkay are near the church of St Sargis, whose walls are rent with fissures but it's dome is still intact and the west wall is covered in intricate Armenian inscriptions, making it the equal of any single monument at Ani. The ruined Church of St. Lusaworic' stood a short distance away for m the main group.
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-2146
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Near Ani, Turkey
11th century CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council