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Monday, November 5, 2018

Yeghrdut Monastery - Monastery of the Miracles

Yeghrdut monastery (ArmenianԵղրդուտի վանք, Yeghrduti vank), was an Armenian monastery in the western part of Muş province of modern Turkey, approximately 22 km northwest of Muş city.

Etymology

The Yeghrdut Monastery takes its name from the "yeghird" herb which grows in the area. The monastery, was originally called Myuronaman or Shish-Yougho.[1] In the ArmenianMyuron or Meron means myrrh, and Myuronaman translates to container of a myrrh. The Armenian Apostolic Church for many centuries used myrrh to prepare the sacramental chrism for christening and funeral rites. Thus the name Yeghrdut means the place of myrrh containers.
Yeghrdut monastery has 2 other names:
  1. Surb Hovannes Vank (ArmenianՍուրբ Հովհաննես վանք, Monastery of Saint John).
  2. Artzvaberi Surb Nshan (ArmenianԱրծվաբերի Ս. Նշան, Saint Sign Brought by the Eagle).

The exterior

The Yeghrdut Monastery consisted of four churches:
  • Surb Hovannes Church (main church in the center)
  • Surb Astvatzatzin (adjoining from south)
  • Surb Grigor Lusavorich (adjoining from northwest)
  • Surb Stepanos (adjoining from south to Grigor Lusavorich Church)
The Yeghrudt Monastery was a structure similar in size to the Saint Karapet Monastery.


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