St. Stepanos Monastery :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

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Monastery

St. Stepanos Monastery 9 — 10 cc․

/ Nakhichevan / Yernjak / Shorot

Location

The monastery is located on a mountain 4 kms south of Shorot.

Karapetian Samvel, Nakhijevan (Atlas), Yerevan, 2012, p. 25.

Historical Introduction

It dates back to the 9th to 10th centuries.

Karapetian Samvel, Nakhijevan (Atlas), Yerevan, 2012, p. 25.

926 y․

It used to retain a khachkar dated 926.

Karapetian Samvel, Nakhijevan (Atlas), Yerevan, 2012, p. 25.

Description

As of the 1990s, it was preserved standing.

Karapetian Samvel, Nakhijevan (Atlas), Yerevan, 2012, p. 25.

Rebuilt

It was rebuilt in the 17th and 19th to 20th centuries.

Karapetian Samvel, Nakhijevan (Atlas), Yerevan, 2012, p. 25.