Monastery · Gosh, Tavush
Goshavank
Գոշավանք · Goshavank Monastery · Nor Getik
A monastery in the village of Gosh, east of Dilijan, rebuilt under the scholar and lawgiver Mkhitar Gosh and famous for a thirteenth-century khachkar carved by the master Poghos.
Where it is
40.7299, 44.9977
Why go
There is no outer wall: the twelfth- and thirteenth-century churches and chapels stand among village houses, with a scriptorium and belfry where monks and students copied gospels and the school founded by Mkhitar Gosh now in ruins. Save time for the Poghos khachkar, whose carving is so fine that it reads like embroidery in stone. The monastery, first known as Nor Getik, took the name Goshavank after its founder's death. Walkers can continue on a hike of about 3 km to the small Gosh Lake.
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