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Architectural Ruins from Arates Monastery in Armenia
Image by James Blake Wiener

Architectural Ruins from Arates Monastery in Armenia

Arates Monastery in Armenia is built on top of a hill and overlooks the Arates tributary of the Yeghegis River. The monastery's name came from the combination of “ari” ("come" in Armenian) and “tes” ("see" in Armenian). The group of half-ruined...
Stone Ruins from Arates Monastery in Armenia
Image by James Blake Wiener

Stone Ruins from Arates Monastery in Armenia

Arates Monastery in Armenia is built on top of a hill and overlooks the Arates tributary of the Yeghegis River. The monastery's name came from the combination of “ari” ("come" in Armenian) and “tes” ("see" in Armenian). The group of half-ruined...
Arates Monastery in Central Armenia
Image by James Blake Wiener

Arates Monastery in Central Armenia

Arates Monastery in Armenia is built on top of a hill and overlooks the Arates tributary of the Yeghegis River. The monastery's name came from the combination of “ari” ("come" in Armenian) and “tes” ("see" in Armenian). The group of half-ruined...
Arates Monastery in Armenia
Image by James Blake Wiener

Arates Monastery in Armenia

Arates Monastery in Armenia is built on top of a hill and overlooks the Arates tributary of the Yeghegis River. The monastery's name came from the combination of “ari” ("come" in Armenian) and “tes” ("see" in Armenian). The group of half-ruined...
Armenian Jewish Tombstones in Yeghegis
Image by James Blake Wiener

Armenian Jewish Tombstones in Yeghegis

Nearly 40 tombstones from the 13th and 14th century CE survive in the Jewish cemetery, and another 30 are located nearby in Yeghegis, Armenia. The oldest tombstone dates to 1266 CE and the latest to 1337 CE. The dates on the tombstones are...
Medieval Jewish Tombstone in Yeghegis, Armenia
Image by James Blake Wiener

Medieval Jewish Tombstone in Yeghegis, Armenia

Nearly 40 tombstones from the 13th and 14th century CE survive in the Jewish cemetery, and another 30 are located nearby. The oldest tombstone dates to 1266 CE and the latest to 1337 CE. Some tombs have inscriptions in Hebrew or Aramaic...
Jewish Tombstones in Yeghegis, Armenia
Image by James Blake Wiener

Jewish Tombstones in Yeghegis, Armenia

No historical evidence exists of a Jewish community in Yeghegis, Armenia during medieval times. Indeed, there is also no written record of contemporaneous Jewish communities in medieval Armenia. Nearly 40 tombstones from the 13th and 14th...
Medieval Jewish Tombstones in Yeghegis, Armenia
Image by James Blake Wiener

Medieval Jewish Tombstones in Yeghegis, Armenia

No historical evidence exists of a Jewish community in Yeghegis, Armenia during medieval times. Indeed, there is also no written record of contemporaneous Jewish communities in medieval Armenia. Nearly 40 tombstones from the 13th and 14th...
Window and Crosses at Zorats Church
Image by James Blake Wiener

Window and Crosses at Zorats Church

Zorats Church is a church built on a hill overlooking the Yeghegis River in present-day Armenia. The church was built in the early 14th century CE and dedicated by Bishop Stepanos Tarsayitch who was a grandson of an Orbelian prince. Armenia...
Architectural Detail at Armenia's Zorats Church
Image by James Blake Wiener

Architectural Detail at Armenia's Zorats Church

Zorats Church is a church built on a hill overlooking the Yeghegis River in present-day Armenia. The church was built in the early 14th century CE and dedicated by Bishop Stepanos Tarsayitch who was a grandson of an Orbelian prince.
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