St. Arak'eloc Monastery of Mush Holy Apostles Monastery of Mush; St. Arek'elots' Monastery of Mus; St. Arak'eloc' vank'; St. Lazaru vank'; St. Eliazaravank'; Tirinkatarivank'; St. Tadei vank'; St. T'argmancac' vank'; Arak kilisesi; Dirarek Attributed to St. Gregory the Enlightener Monasteries Churches Religious buildings Medieval Most of the monastery was contained within a circuit of high walls. Behind those walls was a large church with a dome, a zhamatun that stood in front of the church, a three-tiered bell tower, two chapels to the north and south of the large church, and various monastic accommodations and ancillary buildings. A little to the south, and outside the walls, was a second domed church. The main church was named Surp Arak'elots. It has a cross-in-square plan and, unusually for an Armenian church, it was built entirely of brick. On the interior the brickwork was covered in a coat of plaster which once bore traces of frescoes. There are side rooms on two stories at each of its four corners. The dome and its tall, octagonal drum were still intact in 1960. The church probably dates from between the 10th and 13th centuries; the brickwork suggests a possible Byzantine influence and a 10th or 11th century date, but the tall drum and its conical roof must be later. 1982 Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 Brick and plaster A-2033 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Arak village, Mush-Sason area, Turkey 10th-13th centuries CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
St. Arak'eloc Monastery of Mush
Holy Apostles Monastery of Mush; St. Arek'elots' Monastery of Mus; St. Arak'eloc' vank'; St. Lazaru vank'; St. Eliazaravank'; Tirinkatarivank'; St. Tadei vank'; St. T'argmancac' vank'; Arak kilisesi; Dirarek
Attributed to St. Gregory the Enlightener
Monasteries
Churches
Religious buildings
Medieval
Most of the monastery was contained within a circuit of high walls. Behind those walls was a large church with a dome, a zhamatun that stood in front of the church, a three-tiered bell tower, two chapels to the north and south of the large church, and various monastic accommodations and ancillary buildings. A little to the south, and outside the walls, was a second domed church. The main church was named Surp Arak'elots. It has a cross-in-square plan and, unusually for an Armenian church, it was built entirely of brick. On the interior the brickwork was covered in a coat of plaster which once bore traces of frescoes. There are side rooms on two stories at each of its four corners. The dome and its tall, octagonal drum were still intact in 1960. The church probably dates from between the 10th and 13th centuries; the brickwork suggests a possible Byzantine influence and a 10th or 11th century date, but the tall drum and its conical roof must be later.
1982
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
Brick and plaster
A-2033
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Arak village, Mush-Sason area, Turkey
10th-13th centuries CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council