Ktuts monastery

Coordinates: 38°36′31.68″N 43°5′2.17″E / 38.6088000°N 43.0839361°E / 38.6088000; 43.0839361

Ktuts monastery with Mount Sipan in background (1986)

The monastery from H. F. B. Lynch's Armenia, travels and studies (1901)

Ktuts monastery (Armenian: Կտուց, meaning beak in Armenian) is an abandoned 15th century Armenian monastery on the small island of Ktuts (Çarpanak) in Lake Van, Vaspurakan (present-day Turkey).^[1]

Gallery

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  Ktuts on Lake Van

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  Armenian cross-stone at the monastery

See also

• Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross

References

1. ↑ "Ktuts' Anapat". Rensselaer Digital Collections. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved 2009-05-04. 

External links

• Ktuts' Anapat (pictures and information at Rensselaer Digital Collections)
• A recent photo of the island-monastery
• Armenian Мonastery on Ktuts (Charpanak) Island, Lake Van: photo1, photo2, photo3, photo4, photo5, photo6, photo7,photo8, photo9, photo10, photo11

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