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Kirants Monastery

Աճարկուտ, Italy

Kirants Monastery

Kirants Monastery is a 13th-century Armenian monastery located about 10 kilometers southwest of Kirants village in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The Georgian Orthodox Church in Armenia has laid claim to the monastery, which the Armenian Apostolic Church rejects. The Kirants Monastery was most like

ly founded by the Zakarid ruler Avag Zakarian, who was of Chalcedonian faith. The frescoes of the monastery are from the 1230s-1240s.

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