Aghperig Monastery

Aghperig Monastery
View of the approach to the monastery
Religion
Affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
Rite	Armenian
Status	In ruins
Location
Location	Turkey
Shown within Turkey
Geographic coordinates	38°34′42″N 41°35′53″E / 38.578456°N 41.598077°E / 38.578456; 41.598077,
Architecture
Type	Monastery
Style	Armenian
Founder	St. Thaddeus, Gregory the Illuminator
Groundbreaking	c300 (original building; traditional date)
Completed	c300 (original building; traditional date)

Aghperig monastery (variously Aghperga, St. Aghprig Monastery (Աղբերկայ or Ս. Աղբերիկ Վանք)), also known as Beyaz Kilise, is a medieval Armenian monastic complex in the Sasun Mountains of eastern Turkey. It is located 56 kilometres West of Lake Van in the north of the Sassun mountains in the Sason district in the province of Bitlis. The monastery was built above a natural spring from where it gets its name Sourp Aghperig (Holy Spring).