Religious Sites in Van: Top Places

Religious Sites

Amenapırgiç Monastery is a place of worship located east of Bahçesaray district in Van, above Acı Hanis village. It is situated at an altitude of 2100 meters, at the end of a small valley that opens to the Altındere Valley and extends to Çatak via the Nar Pass. The monastery's history dates back to the 10th century, and it also has a second church dedicated to Surp Garabed, believed to have been built between 1369 and 1395.

The Church of the Holy Cross at Soradir is a 6th-century Armenian monastic complex in south-eastern Turkey. It is situated in the village of Yanal near the town and district of Başkale in Van Province.

Religious Sites

Religious Sites

Hogots Monastery is a ruin of an Armenian monastery in the western Gürpınar district of modern Turkey. Built in the 4th century, it ceased functioning as a monastery after the Armenian genocide in 1915. 3 kilometres northwest of Özlüce village in the district.

Varagavank was an Armenian monastery on the slopes of Mount Erek, 9 km southeast of the city of Van, in eastern Turkey. The monastery was founded in the early 11th century by Senekerim-Hovhannes Artsruni, the Armenian King of Vaspurakan, on a preexisting religious site. Initially serving as the necropolis of the Artsruni kings, it eventually became the seat of the archbishop of the Armenian Church in Van.

St. Thomas Monastery is a ruined Armenian monastery overlooking Lake Van in Turkey. The monastery is situated near the village of Kanzak, on the Southern shore of Lake Van.