Saint Christopher Monastery

Saint Christopher Monastery is located in the Aragatsotn Region of Armenia, it is an Armenian apostolic monastery complex about 2 km southwest of Dashtadem village, in the area of the historical settlement of Qagheni. The monastery consists of the Church of the Holy Mother of God, which was built in the 7th century, to the north of it, a three-story tomb-bell tower with a square plan, residential buildings of the congregation (now a ruin), a wall lined with raw stone, and a cemetery rich in khachkars from the 10th-14th centuries. where is also BC. A dragon stone dating back to the 2nd millennium.

The church of Surb Astsvatsatsin is a small building with a cruciform shape, three naves, outwardly rectangular cross wings, a central dome, which was completely renovated in 1980. The transition from the domed square to the base of the cylindrical (outside octagonal) drum is made with sails. The only entrance is from the west, which is designed with a pair of semi-columns typical of the 7th century. The walls lined with sacred black tuff bear the marks of the master builders.

Photo By: Artur Martirosyan