Chapel :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Chapel

Turkey / Kars / / Prut

Architectural Description

On the whole, the seventh chapel (3.16 x 2.42 metres), which is situated in the easternmost part of the monastic complex and has a slightly isolated position, shares the composition of the monuments described above. Its semi-circular bema has an altar-stone which is cut into the main mass of rock into which the entire complex is built. The prayer hall has a semi-circular concha of simple composition which is not decorated with any cross relief. The interior of the chapel used to be plastered. Its bema preserves a piece of writing left by a pilgrim who visited the monastery in the late 19th century.

Karapetian Samvel, Tzarakar Monastery, in: "Vardzk", 2011, N 4, pp. 44-45.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 2008 y․

The sanctuary of the chapel standing at the eastern edge of Tzarakar Monastery

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 2008 y․

The sanctuary of the chapel standing at the eastern edge of Tzarakar Monastery