Majrawank
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Majrawank ( Armenian Մայրավանք "Mother Monastery") is a former monastery of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the central Armenian province of Kotayk . It was founded probably before the 7th century. Today it is abandoned and again in the possession of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The buildings have been largely destroyed and the area is overgrown.
location
The monastery is located about three kilometers from the village of Solak and about 50 kilometers from the Armenian capital Yerevan . There it stands on a hill.
Building description
The main church Surb Astwazazin ( Armenian Սուրբ Աստվածածին , "Holy Mother of God ", western Armenian Surp Asdwadsadsin , other romanizations Surb Astvatsatsin, Surp Astvatsatsin, Surb Astuacacin ) was built in the 13th century from hard basalt rock . The cross-domed church is the only remaining building in the monastery. The central church space is crowned by a (now destroyed) dome with a drum . The west facade is decorated with two columnar niches and two side chapels. The ruins of extensions have been preserved on the north, west and south sides of the church. The remains of residential and farm buildings are also on the site. There is also a khachkar (an artistically carved memorial stone with a relief cross in the middle, which is surrounded by geometric and plant motifs) on the site.
Today the area has been largely destroyed and is on a list of highly endangered religious monuments kept by the Agency for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments, a department of the Ministry of Culture . It should be restored in the near future.
history
The monastery is first mentioned in the 7th century in connection with Hovhan Mayravanetsi. This was in a dispute with Catholicos Ezr Parajnaketsi I. To humiliate Hovan he renamed the monastery Mayragom (cowshed) and Hovhan himself Mayragometsi. The story is related to the Council of Chalcedon , which in 451 led to the schism between the Imperial Church (that is, the Orthodox and Catholic Church) and the ancient Near Eastern churches (and thus also the Armenian Apostolic Church). In 633, Catholicos Ezr had to accept the unity of the churches. Hovhan Mayragometsi was the only one who opposed Catholicism.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kotayk’s Mayravank: An 11th Century Religious Monument In Need of Immediate Care - Hetq - News, Articles, Investigations . ( hetq.am [accessed November 21, 2017]).
- ↑ a b c Baghdasaryan Brothers: Mayravank Monastery. Retrieved November 21, 2017 .
Coordinates: 40 ° 29 ′ 6 ″ N , 44 ° 41 ′ 22 ″ E