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Noravank (meaning “New Monastery”) is a 13th-century Armenian monastery, located 122km from Yerevan in a narrow gorge made by the Amaghu river. The gorge is known for its tall, sheer, brick-red cliffs surrounding the monastery. Noravank was founded in 1205 and became the residence of the Orbelian princes. The architect Siranes and the miniature painter and sculptor Momik worked here in the latter part of the thirteenth and early fourteenth century. In the 13th and 14th centuries it became a major religious and cultural center of Armenia.
The second church is the Surb
Karapet, a cross within square design with
restored drum and dome built in
1216–1227, just North of the ruins
of the original Surb Karapet, destroyed in an earthquake.
The façade of Surb Karapet Church with a striking depiction of God the Father (upper relief) blessing the Crucifix with his right hand and holding in his left hand the head of Adam, with a dove — the Holy Spirit — above it
The semi-circular tympanum of the door is filled with an ornament and with a representation of the Holy Virgin seated on a rug with the Child and flanked by two saints
The sculptor of the grandest portions of Noravank was an artist by the name of Momik, who created the lovely stonework that survives today
Forming the western antechamber is an
impressive gavit of 1261, decorated with splendid
khachkars and with a series of inscribed
gravestones in the floor
In 1321 the building, was covered with a
new roof in the shape of an enormous stone
tent. This made the structure quite different
from other Armenian monuments of the
same kind.
The gavit ceiling has four rows of brackets forming stalactite vaulting with a square lighting
aperture at the top
In 1340 an earthquake destroyed the dome of the church which in 1361 was reconstructed by the architect Siranes. In 1931 the dome was damaged during another earthquake
In 1949, the roof and the walls of the church were
repaired and finally completely renovated in 1998
with the aid of an Armenian-
Canadian family
Ornament on the ceiling of the Saint
Grigor chapel made with the Vordan Karmir
(Cochineal Red) pigment
The side chapel of Surb (Saint) Grigor was added by the architect Siranes to the northern wall of Surb Karapet church in 1275. The chapel contains more Orbelian family tombs, including a splendid carved lion/human tombstone dated 1300
carved lion/human tombstone dated 1300, covering the grave of Elikum son of Prince Tarsayich Orbelian.
Reliquary
The Orbelian family was one of
the strongest dynasties in
Armenian history, certainly in
medieval times. During Burtegh‘s
During Burtegh's reign arts and culture rose to new
heights, the era marked by the activity of the architect and
artist Momik.
Momik also carved a number of uniquely Armenian religious
monuments known as "khachkars" which usually
depicted an image of a cross surmounting a circular symbol. The
sculptor is also buried in a simple grave at the site.
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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu
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