Saint Sargis Monastery by Gag

Remains of the Sankt Sargis Monastery from Gag, 2008.

St. Sargis Monastery of Gag ( Armenian Գագա Սուրբ Սարգիս Վանք Gaga Surb Sargis Vank , Azerbaijani Avey kilsəsi , Russian Монастырь Святого Саркиса на горе Сурбсаркис ) is a ruined today Armenian Apostolic monastery dating from the early Middle Ages in Rayon Qazax of the Republic of Azerbaijan .

The Saint Sargis Monastery is located about 500 meters east of today's border with Armenia , and four kilometers west of the village of Dasch Salachly . The Sargis Monastery was built on the top of Mount Gag, a total of about 922 meters above sea level and 420 meters from the base of the mountain.

See also

• Julfa Armenian Cemetery

Web links

• ST. CASTLE OF THE Coffin MONASTERY OF GAG
• ( Armenian ): Գագա Սբ. Սարգիս Վանք

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karapetyan, Samvel " St. Sargis Monastery of Gag Castle ." in Research on Armenian Architecture .

Coordinates: 41 ° 8 ′ 29 ″  N , 45 ° 15 ′ 58 ″  E