Monastery of St. Karapet in Mush St. Karapet Vank'; Cangili koyu; Glkay vank'; Innakean vank'; Glakay vank'; Monastery of Innakean; Canli; Changalli; Cengelii kilisi Attributed to St. Gregory the Illuminator Martyria Monasteries Religious buildings Churches Chapels The Armenian Monastery of Surb Karapet (the Holy Precursor, St. John the Baptist) in Mush, Turkey, constructed in the tenth century, was at the dawn of the twentieth century one of the three most important sites for Armenian Christian pilgrimage. It was the richest, and most ancient, monastic institutions in Ottoman Armenia. Besides the Church of St. Karapet, the monastery also contained the martyrium of St. John the Baptist, the chapel of St. Georg, the chapel of St. Stepanos and the church of St. Astuacacin. This magnificent example of Armenian architecture has been destroyed to its foundations. Vard Patrick 1982 Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-2106 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Mus, Mus Ili Province, Doğu Anadolu region, Turkey 10th century CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Monastery of St. Karapet in Mush
St. Karapet Vank'; Cangili koyu; Glkay vank'; Innakean vank'; Glakay vank'; Monastery of Innakean; Canli; Changalli; Cengelii kilisi
Attributed to St. Gregory the Illuminator
Martyria
Monasteries
Religious buildings
Churches
Chapels
The Armenian Monastery of Surb Karapet (the Holy Precursor, St. John the Baptist) in Mush, Turkey, constructed in the tenth century, was at the dawn of the twentieth century one of the three most important sites for Armenian Christian pilgrimage. It was the richest, and most ancient, monastic institutions in Ottoman Armenia. Besides the Church of St. Karapet, the monastery also contained the martyrium of St. John the Baptist, the chapel of St. Georg, the chapel of St. Stepanos and the church of St. Astuacacin. This magnificent example of Armenian architecture has been destroyed to its foundations.
Vard Patrick
1982
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-2106
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Mus, Mus Ili Province, Doğu Anadolu region, Turkey
10th century CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council