Kirants Monastery is a 13th-century Armenian monastery located about 10 kilometers southwest of
Kirants village in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The
Georgian Orthodox Church in Armenia
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has laid claim to the monastery, which the Armenian Apostolic Church rejects.
The Kirants Monastery was most likely founded by the
Zakarid ruler
Avag Zakarian
Avag Zakarian ( ka, ავაგ მხარგრძელი, tr; ) (died 1250 AD) was an Armenian noble of the Zakarid line, and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia, as ''atabeg'' and ''amirspasalar'' of Georgia from 1227 to 1250.
Th ...
, who was of
Chalcedonian
Chalcedonian Christianity is the branches of Christianity that accept and uphold theological resolutions of the Council of Chalcedon, the fourth ecumenical council, held in AD 451. Chalcedonian Christianity accepts the Christological Definitio ...
faith.
The frescoes of the monastery are from the 1230s-1240s.
Gallery
Kirants monastery plan.png, Plan of Kirants Monastery
Kirants-raffi kojian-DCP 4582.JPG, Kirants Monastery
Kiranc Monastery (101).jpg
Կիրանց Վանք 18.jpg
Կիրանց Վանական համալիր15.JPG, Drum and dome
Kiranc Monastery (104).jpg
Kiranc Monastery (13).jpg
Կիրանց Վանք 22.jpg, Detail of the mosaics tiles on around the drum
Kiranc Monastery (51).jpg
Կիրանց Վանական համալիր8.JPG, Interior of the church
Կիրանց Վանական համալիր16.JPG, Interior of the drum and dome
References
External links
Armeniapedia.org: Kirants Monastery
Armenian Apostolic monasteries in Armenia
Buildings and structures in Tavush Province
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