Aghjots Vank

Aghjots Vank
Աղջոց վանք
Aghjots Vank with the small chapel of 1270 (left)
Religion
AffiliationArmenian Apostolic Church
RegionCaucasus
StatusAbandoned/ Ruins
Location
LocationLocated approximately 3 miles from Goght and Garni, and .5 miles from the hamlet of Mets Gilanlar in the Khosrov State Reserve, Ararat Province,  Armenia
Aghjots Vank is located in Armenia
Aghjots Vank
Shown within Armenia
Aghjots Vank is located in Ararat
Aghjots Vank
Aghjots Vank (Ararat)
Geographic coordinates40°06′25″N 44°48′27″E / 40.106929°N 44.807396°E / 40.106929; 44.807396
Architecture
TypeArmenian; Monastery
FounderGrigor Lusavorich
Funded byPrincess Zaza, Ivane Mkhargrdzeli and Prince Grigor Khaghbakian.
GroundbreakingUnknown
CompletedSaint Stephen Church, early 13th century
Saints Paul and Peter Church, 1270
Gavit, late 13th century

Aghjots Vank (Armenian: Աղջոց վանք); also known as the Saint Stephen Monastery of Goght (Armenian: Գողթի Սուրբ Ստեփանոս վանք), is a 13th-century monastery situated along a tributary of the Azat River Valley within the Khosrov State Reserve located half a mile walk from the hamlet of Mets Gilanlar, and near the villages of Goght and Garni (approximately 3–4 miles) in the Ararat Province of Armenia. Not far from this location and also within the reserve is the fortress of Kakavaberd and the monastic complex of Havuts Tar.