Khtzkonk Monastery

Khtzkonk monastery
Khtzkonk in the early 20th century
Religion
Affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Monastery
Status	Abandoned after 1920, partially destroyed by Turkish Army in the 1950s
Location
Location	Digor District
Shown within Turkey
Geographic coordinates	40°22′50″N 43°22′35″E / 40.380556°N 43.376389°E / 40.380556; 43.376389
Architecture
Style	Armenian
Groundbreaking	Seventh century
Completed	Thirteenth century

Khtzkonk Monastery (Armenian: Խծկոնք, also transcribed as Khtskonk and Xc'konk'; Turkish: Beşkilise) was a monastic ensemble of five Armenian churches built between the seventh and thirteenth centuries in what was then the Armenian Bagratid kingdom.^[1] The site is located near the town of Digor, the administrative capital of the Digor District of the Kars Province in Turkey, about 19 kilometres west of the border with Armenia, in a gorge formed by the Digor River.