Best places: Monasteries in Armenia

13th-century monastery with a bi-level church showcasing medieval cantilever architecture.

Ancient Apostolic monastery complex with 3 churches on a cliff & panoramic views.

Beyond its mountain & canyon vistas, this historic monastery also features a nearby hiking trail.

Storied monastery & popular Christian pilgrimage site with an active church & expansive views.

Well-known 9th-century monastery on a steep hill with picturesque views of Sevan Lake.

Long-standing village monastery with Armenian architecture, offering 3 churches & memorial carvings.

13th-century monastery complex featuring 3 churches with unique stone carvings, a garden & a bakery.

13th-century monastery with elaborate carved walls on the edge of a scenic gorge.

Monastic compound dating back to the 11th century, featuring stone-carved churches & tombstones.

Monastery dating to the 10th century, featuring elaborate vaulted interiors & stone carvings.

Small, medieval-era Armenian monastery on a hill, surrounded by khachkars & dramatic lake views.

Religious complex on a forested hillside, decorated with animal & floral sculptures.

Hilltop monastery dating from the 7th century, with a domed church & views of nearby mountains.

Riverside monastery dating to the 900s, with partly restored churches built from red tuff.

👍👍 Tegher Monastery is an early 13th-century Armenian monastery and church located on the southeastern slopes of Mount Aragats near the modern village of Tegher. The architect Vardapet Aghbayrik designed Tegher and the monasteries of Saghmosavank and Hovhannavank during the 13th century. The monastery...

The ruins of an Armenian stone monastery dating to 1247, made from 2 churches set in forested hills.

Hillside ruins of a medieval monastery, with several churches, a belfry & preserved frescoes.

👍👍 I found this monastery to be the nicest of them all. You can’t get there by car unless you have a very solid 4x4 (not a city 4x4) otherwise it’s a nice walk when the road stops.

👍👍 Vorotnavank (Armenian: Որոտնավանք) is a monastic complex located along a ridge overlooking the Vorotan gorge, between the villages of Vaghatin and Vorotan in the Syunik Province of Armenia. The complex is surrounded by a high stone wall for defense against foreign invasions and once housed workshops...

👍👍 It's a small monastery on the hiking trail. It's interesting because it was restored on one side so it sort of creates 2 different vibes looking at it from the front and from the back.