The initial chapel is constructed within 642 Post, long before the main construction, more substantial church entitled St. Astvatsatsin are extra when you look at the 1662. Normal qualities continue to be kept here, drawing worshippers from around the world.
From its status at the conclusion of the peninsula, Sevanavank stands guard along side prominent river on Caucasus, Lake Sevan. This place was previously a keen islet – that has been through to the fresh-water lake is strained when you look at the Soviet point in time, decreasing the water-level and doing a thin promontory.
Inscriptions indicate that a few cruciform church buildings, Surp Arakelots (‘Holy Apostles’) and you will Surp Astvatsatsin (‘Holy Mother away from God’) was basically founded in the season 874 Advertisement by the Little princess , girl of the soon-to-feel Queen Ashot I. It was not a needed-after lay, yet not – 
the fresh new remote isle monastery housed wayward monks away from Etchmiadzin who were punished having a wine-100 % free lives making to duplicate aside manuscripts by hand to help you repent because of their sins.
I don’t have much otherwise to see of this type outside the monastery. Therefore, We went to Sevanavank due to the fact a side travels in the nearby area out-of Dilijan (the 2 are just an initial bus travel aside).