Heritage · monastery intact
Khor Virap Monastery
"Deep Pit" Monastery.
Armenia · Armenian heritage
· built 1662 (current main church); foundation 7th c. on traditional site
Pilgrimage monastery on the Armenian-Turkish border at the foot of Mt Ararat, on the traditional site where Saint Gregory the Illuminator was imprisoned by King Trdat III in a deep pit (the khor virap) for thirteen years before converting the king to Christianity in 301. UNESCO Tentative List.
Pilgrimage monastery on the Armenian-Turkish border at the foot of Mt Ararat, on the traditional site where Saint Gregory the Illuminator was imprisoned by King Trdat III in a deep pit (the khor virap) for thirteen years before converting the king to Christianity in 301. UNESCO Tentative List.