Cross of Tolabab Sanctuary :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Cross of Tolabab Sanctuary

RA (Republic of Armenia) / Lori / Tumanian / Jiliza

Location

A plot of land, situated 2 km north-west of Jiliza in a straight line and known by the names of Hyuni Takht and Yergen Hogh, retains a sacred site called Cross of Tolabab by the inhabitants of the adjacent villages. It lies at an altitude of 1,197 metres above sea level (N 41°14՛14.58՛՛; E 044°36՛34.74՛՛).

Karapetian Samvel, The Historical Monuments of Jiliza, Yerevan, 2013, p. 24.

Description

It comprises two modern khachkars surrounded with stones: they are placed on the small mound-like elevation of a wooded mountain branch, which has an extended form resembling a cape. The smaller of them bears a year and the larger one an inscription of two lines.

Karapetian Samvel, The Historical Monuments of Jiliza, Yerevan, 2013, p. 24.

Most presumably, this sacred site used to retain an older cross-stone which has not reached our days.