Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery ( Armenian : Եղիշե առաքյալի վանք , romanized : Yeghishe Arakyali Vank ) or Monastery of Yeghishe the Apostle ( Azerbaijani : Müqəddəs Yelisey monastırı ) is an Armenian Apostolic Church , in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh , Azerbaijan , located close to the village of Madagiz , on the bank of the Tartar River . The complex comprises the church, seven chapels , a cemetery, and ruins of other buildings.
2-548: Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery was built sometime in the 5th century, although the primary church was built in the 1165. According to the medieval historian Movses Kaghankatvatsi , the monastery was renamed after the Yeghishe, a disciple of Thaddeus the Apostle , after Yeghishe's relics were moved there. One of the seven chapels surrounding the minster is the tomb of Vachagan III , King of Caucasian Albania , also known as Vachagan
4-704: The Pious (487–510); another chapel contains the grave of Melik-Atam the Great (Melik-Israelian) of Jraberd . In the Middle Ages , Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery became a highly important center of culture and learning in Artsakh ; it produced and held numerous manuscripts and documents. Throughout the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict , the monastery has remained largely untouched due to its inaccessible location. However,
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