Khachkar, Khor Virap monastery, Armenia
Khachkar or Armenian cross-stone, with relief carvings, at Khor Virap, an apostolic monastery built 642 by Nerses III the Builder and Surb Astvatsatsin chapel or Church of the Holy Mother of God built 1662, at Pokr Vedi near Artashat on the Ararat Plain in Armenia. Gregory the Illuminator was imprisoned in a dungeon under the chapel, his release in 301 AD resulting in Armenia becoming a christian country. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
50380103
Media ID
50380103
Size
5318px x 8268px
(20.0MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2025
