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Saint Karapet Monastery

Religious building
Church of Surb Karapet from South-West in 1893
Location	35 km NW of Muş, TR Muş Province, Turkey
Affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
Status	destroyed by the Turkish army in 1915
Architectural description
Architectural style	Armenian
Year completed	4th - 19th century
Specifications
Dome	2

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The Saint Karapet Monastery ( , or Surb Hovhannes Karapet Vank, meaning Monastery of Saint John the Baptist; also known as Glakavank or Monastery of Glak, and ) was an Armenian monastic complex in the Taron Province of Greater Armenia, about 35 kilometers northwest of Mush, now in the Kurdish village of Chengeli in eastern Turkey. Founded in the fourth century by Saint Gregory the Illuminator, it was one of the oldest monasteries in Armenia. The monastery was a stronghold of the Mamikonians (the princely house of Taron) who were the holy warriors of Saint Yovhannes Karapet (John the Baptist), their patron saint.

Saint Karapet Monastery was also one of the three most important sites for Armenian Christian pilgrimage, and among the richest, most ancient institutions in Ottoman Armenia, until it was destroyed to its foundations by Turks after the Armenian Genocide.

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Israel		Cathedral of St. James * Church of the Archangels * St. Toros Church * Chapel of Saint Helena * Saint Nicholas Monastery
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