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Hovhannavanq

The village of Hovhannavanq is on the edge of a rocky ravine. According to the legend, the monastery was built at the beginning of IV c. when the Illuminator built the mononave basilica. The other structures of the complex date from XII-XIII c. In 1216-1221, at the initiative of Prince Vacheh Vachoutyan the main church of the monastery was built in the south as an attachment to the mononave church.

The Main Church of St. Karapet is a domed church, with a rectangular exterior, a cruciform interior and two-storey sacristies in its four corners.