| Saint Bartholomew Monastery | |
|---|---|
Սուրբ Բարդուղիմեոս վանք | |
 The monastery of Saint Bartholomew in 1913[1] | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| Status | Half-ruined |
| Location | |
| Location | Albayrak,[2][3] Van Province, Turkey |
  Shown within Turkey | |
| Geographic coordinates | 38°09′00″N 44°12′47″E / 38.149942°N 44.212925°E |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Armenian |
| Completed | 13th century (monastery) |
Saint Bartholomew Monastery (Armenian: Սուրբ Բարդուղիմեոսի վանք, Surb Barduğimeosi vank' ; Western Armenian: Surp Part'uğimeosi vank' ) was a medieval Armenian monastery in the historic province of Vaspurakan, 23 km[5] north-east[6] from the town of Başkale, in present-day Turkey's Van Province, near the Iranian border. The monastery was built on the traditional site of martyrdom of Bartholomew the Apostle, who is reputed to have brought Christianity to Armenia in the first century. Along with Thaddeus the Apostle, Bartholomew is considered the patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It was a prominent pilgrimage site prior to the Armenian genocide. Today, it is heavily ruined and the dome entirely gone.
- ^ Bachmann 1913, p. 123.
- ^ Sinclair, Thomas A. (1989). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume I. Pindar Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-907132-32-5.
...the monastery of St. Bartholomew at the village of Albayrak.
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