Vanevan Monastery

Vanevan Monastery
Վանեվան
Vanevan Monastery (Church of St. Grigor on the left).
Religion
AffiliationArmenian Apostolic Church
Location
LocationArtsvanist village, Gegharkunik Province,  Armenia
Vanevan Monastery is located in Armenia
Vanevan Monastery
Shown within Armenia
Vanevan Monastery is located in Gegharkunik
Vanevan Monastery
Vanevan Monastery (Gegharkunik)
Geographic coordinates40°08′47″N 45°30′56″E / 40.146494°N 45.515513°E / 40.146494; 45.515513
Architecture
TypeCruciform church with four semicircular apses
StyleArmenian
Completed903
Dome(s)2 (one on the main church and a second on the church to the right that has since collapsed)

Vanevan Monastery (Armenian: Վանեվան) is a monastery located along a gorge south of the village of Artsvanist, southeast of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The main church of Saint Grigor, was built in 903 by Prince Shapuh Bagratuni and his sister Mariam, siblings of King Smbat I. The church located on the southern end may have been built around the same time, while the gavit between the two was added at a later point in time. Saint Grigor was renovated and restored by King Gagik I of the Bagratid dynasty in the late 10th century. During this restoration a surrounding wall was built.

King Smbat I of Armenia was buried in Vanevan Monastery in 914.