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20-617: Mar Sarkis (English: Saint Sergius ; Arabic: مار سركيس ) alternatively known as Saint Sarkis Monastery , is the name used for several monasteries that are dedicated to Mar Sarkis and Bakhos: Armenia [ edit ] Saint Sarkis Monastery of Ushi , in Ush, Aragatsotn Province, Armenia Azerbaijan [ edit ] Saint Sarkis Monastery of Gag St. Sarkis Monastery (Ramis, Azerbaijan)  [ hy ] Lebanon [ edit ] Mar Sarkis, Ehden Monastery of Mar Sarkis, now

40-656: A gavit without columns and with arched ceilings. On the west side of the Church of the Holy Redeemer in the Sanahin Monastery complex, the gavit built in 1181 has four tall free-standing internal pillars supporting arches. The pillars and their bases are elaborately decorated. In the same complex, the gavit of the Mother of God church is a three-nave hall with lower arches and less elaborate decorations on

60-485: A gawit‘ from its foundations, with the help of amir K‘urd and the great vardapet Grigor and Christ God, with great hope... It seems that zhamatun was used to refer to new structures built more-or-less contemporaneously with the neighbouring church to serve funerary or commemorative functions, while the terms gavit referred to a space built next to older churches, covering existing ancient gravestones. " Gawit‘ " had an ancient meaning of "open courtyard" referring to

80-507: A "žamatun" appears in the 1038 dedicatory inscription of Horomos Monastery , which also is the oldest known "žamatun", built in 1038: In the year of the Armenians 487 (ie 1038), I, the šahanšah Yovannēs, son of the šahanšah Gagik , gave my vineyard located in Kołb to this church of mine, Surb-Yovannēs, which I have built in this monastery of Hoṙomos, along with this žamatun... The mention of

100-413: Is a congressional room or mausoleum added to the entrance of a church, and therefore often contiguous to its west side, in a Medieval Armenian monastery. It served as narthex (entrance to the church), mausoleum and assembly room, somewhat like the narthex or lite of a Byzantine church . As an architectural element, the gavit was distinct from the church, and built afterwards. Its first known instance

120-553: Is at the Horomos Monastery , dated to 1038, when it was already called "žamatun". The term "gavit" started to replace the term zhamatum' from 1181, when it first appears in an inscription at the Sanahin Monastery . The gavit , the distinctive Armenian style of narthex, appeared in the tenth and eleventh centuries. The first structures in the 10th century were simple quadrangular buildings without columns and protected by wooden roofs, used as dynastic necropoleis. From

140-591: Is known to have had a brief visit during September 1734 by Abraham Kretatsi during the time while he was serving the Catholicos Abraham II while on his pilgrimage to a number of monasteries at the Catholicos' request. The Catholicos had said to him, "I have not traveled anywhere for a long time and my heart is very heavy." In Kretratsi's writings he says that: "Two or three days after savoring this spiritual and corporal happiness, we went to

160-462: The Gibran Museum , Bsharri Syria [ edit ] Monastery of Mar Sarkis, Maaloula Turkey [ edit ] Little Hagia Sophia , Istanbul See also [ edit ] St. Sarkis Church (disambiguation) , includes cathedrals Sarkis (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

180-553: The 11th century, the first known zhamatun with a four-columned structure appears in Hoṙomos Monastery , built in 1038 by King Yovhannēs-Smbat . The vault was in the shape of an octogonal cone, and was decorated with superb reliefs. Many of the first zhamatun or gavits were located in the south of the Armenia in the region of Syunik . The type of construction changed during the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, as found in

200-533: The church of Saint Sarkis in Ushi. While we were there, Hakobyan, the melik of Yerevan , who had been summoned at the Catholicos, arrived. A horseman arrived from Tbilisi the same day. He brought the news, as well as an official letter to inform us, that Isak Pasha , has, without any reason, had ordered the strangling of Ashichal Bek , the melik of our people the Armenians in Tbilisi. He had kept his corpse hanging on

220-526: The city gate until he received 50,000 kurush which he had permitted he body to be buried." The Monastery of Saint Sarkis consists of Saint Sarkis Chapel of the 10th century, Surp Astvatsatsin Church ("Church of the Holy Mother of God"), an adjacent gavit of the 11th-12th centuries, vestibule, belfry, refectory, vaulted guest-chamber, housing for monks, and utility rooms. A fortification wall built in 1654 with fortified two-storey circular towers in three of

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240-474: The collapsed church and gavit. Upon the hill nearby, there are the remains of an Iron Age fortress . It is almost nonexistent except for portions of the collapsed walls that once surrounded the fortress. Nearby down the main road that leads back into Ushi from the monastery, is a small chapel from the 10th century. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Gavit A gavit ( Armenian : գավիթ ; gawit’) or zhamatun (Armenian: ժամատուն; žamatun )

260-418: The corners surrounds the monastic complex. During the earthquakes of 1679 and 1827, the monastery was reduced to ruins. The only structure left standing was the single-nave vaulted chapel that houses the grave of Saint Sarkis. He was originally buried in the village town of Namyan, but in the 5th century a delegation led by Saint Mesrop moved the remains of Saint Sarkis and interred them at this site. The chapel

280-514: The existing space around old churches where the graves of the nobility were already placed, while žami tun means “house of hours” in Armenian, " zam " designating a time of the day dedicated to prayer. The earliest style of gavit consists of an oblong vault supported by double arches, with an erdik (lantern or oculus ) center, and adorned with eight decorated slabs, as seen in the earliest known gavit at Horomos dated 1038. In later types

300-510: The monasteries of Saghmosavank of Haritchavank, or Hovhannavank Monastery. They changed again in the late thirteenth century as can be seen in monasteries such as Gandzasar , and gradually ceased to be built in the late Middle Ages. The general structure of the gavit, with its nine-bayed plan is typical of the nine-bayed plan of mosques from the Abassid period onward, which can be seen from Spain to Central Asia . The first mention of

320-419: The term gavit for such buildings appears for the first time more than a century later in 1181 in the dedicatory inscription at the Sanahin Monastery by Abbot Yovhannēs: In the year 630 (ie 1181 CE), at the time of the victorious king Georg , and amirspasalar Sargis and his sons Zak‘arē and Iwanē , and amira K‘urd , I, Yovannēs, Abbot of the holy monastery (re)built this once existing church and

340-529: The title Mar Sarkis . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mar_Sarkis&oldid=1255859633 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Arabic-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Saint Sarkis Monastery of Ushi The monastery

360-425: The vault would often be decorated with muqarnas stalactite designs. This early type of muqarnas vault used cut stone in a way similar to that of Anatolian Seljuk architecture , different from the typical Armenian vault construction, which used thin stone facing on mortared rubble. This form was replaced by a square room with four columns, divided into nine sections with a dome in the center. The muqarnas motif

380-693: Was clearly inspired by Islamic sources, but it was used differently, and the Armenian muqarnas vault with oculus was not found in the Muslim world until it was copied about a century later, as in the vault of the Yakutiye Madrasa in nearby Erzurum (1310). The "lightwell" itself, with central oculus, is known in Anatolian art from earlier periods, as in the Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital (built 1228-1229). The last evolution consists of

400-504: Was damaged and left in poor condition due to the earthquakes, and shows some signs of emergency repairs. Restoration work was done on the chapel in December 2003 to spring of 2004, and recent archaeological excavations have started to take place under the patronage of Archbishop Shahen Ajemian headed by Frina Babayan. Archaeologists have cleared the collapsed structures and are currently (as of Aug. 2009) working to piece together parts of

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