Sanahin Monastery

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Sanahin Monastery
Սանահին վանք
Sanahin Monastery.jpg
Amenaprkich (Holy Redeemer) church
Sanahin Monastery is located in Armenia
Sanahin Monastery
Shown within Armenia
Basic information
Location Sanahin, Lori Province,
 Armenia
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Affiliation Armenian Apostolic Church
Architectural description
Architectural style Armenian
Groundbreaking 10th century
Official name: Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iv
Designated 1996 (20th session)
Reference no. 777
Region Western Asia

Sanahin Monastery is an Armenian monastery founded in the 10th century in the Lori Province of Armenia.

The name Sanahin literally translates from Armenian as "this one is older than that one", presumably representing a claim to having an older monastery than the neighbouring Haghpat Monastery. The two villages and their monasteries are similar in many ways, and lie in plain view of each other on a dissected plateau formation, separated by a deep "crack" formed by a small river flowing into the Debed river.

As with Haghpat, Sanahin is frequented by an increasing number of tourists, due to its recent inclusion on the itineraries of numerous Armenian tour agencies, the beauty of its monastery complex matching that of Haghpat's. The complex belongs to the Armenian Apostolic Church with numerous khachkars (stones with elaborate engravings representing a cross) and bishop gravesites scattered throughout it.

Gallery

  • Sanahin-St Gregory.jpg

    St. Gregory chapel

  • Sanahin-Library.jpg

    The monastery's library

  • Sanahin-external-view.jpg

    View of the Sanahin Monestery, Armenia

  • Sanahin Salvador 2.jpg

  • Khatchkar detail at the monastery

  • Sanahin monastery.jpg

    Monastery interior

  • Sanahin Interior4.jpg

    Interior of Sanahin Monastery, Armenia

  • Sanahin-Internal-View.jpg

    Interior of Sanahin Monastery, Armenia

  • Sanahin-Interior2.jpg

    Interior of Sanahin Monastery, Armenia

  • Sanahin Interior3.jpg

    Interior of Sanahin Monastery, Armenia

  • Sanahin monastery manuscript.jpg

    16th-century manuscript from the monastery, Czartoryski Museum

  • Road map of the area around Haghpat and Sanahin monasteries

External links

hr:Sanahin

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