Vorotnavank Monastery

Vorotnavank Monastery, Armenia – 2016. Vorotnavank is a monastic complex located on a ridge overlooking the Vorotan gorge in the Syunik Province of Armenia. The complex, now abandoned, included workshops, stores, a seminary, resort, cemetery and an alms-house. Hovhan Vorotnetsi (1315-1398), an Armenian medieval philosopher and theologian as well as the founder of Tatev Vardapetaran University lived and worked at the monastery. Vorotnavank has been destroyed many times by foreign invasions and earthquakes. Reconstruction efforts have been underway since 1980 and are nearly complete.
Vorotnavank Monastery - church of St. Karapet
Vorotnavank Monastery grave yard and monastery complex
Relief carvings on a stone at Vorotnavank Monastery
Khachkar inside the church
Inside the church, Vorotnavank Monastery, Armenia
Triple-arched portico at the front facade of St. Karapet Church
Vorotnavank Monastery grave yard and monastery complex
Tombstone at Vorotnavank Monastery
Vorotnavank Monastery
St. Karapet Church at Vorotnavank Monastery
Ruins at the Vorotnavank Monastery
Vorotnavank Monastery
The Vorotan gorge seen from the Vorotnavank Monastery
Doorway and walls
Khachkar
A prayer tree near the Vorotnavank Monastery. Strips of cloth are tied to the tree branches and accompanied by a wish or a prayer
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