Varagavank, Armenian Monks, 1880s

Armenian monks and boys with throne of King Senekerim-Hovhannes of Vaspurakan, at Varagavank Monastery, Van, Turkey. Varagavank was an Armenian monastery on the slopes of Mount Erek, southeast of the city of Van, in eastern Turkey. The monastery was founded in the early 11th century by Senekerim-Hovhannes Artsruni, the Armenian King of Vaspurakan, on a preexisting religious site. Initially serving as the necropolis of the Artsruni kings, it eventually became the seat of the archbishop of the Armenian Church in Van. During the Armenian Genocide, in April-May 1915, the Turkish army attacked, burned, and destroyed much of the monastery. No photographer credited, between 1880-92

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