Saint Bartholomew Monastery

Saint Bartholomew Monastery
Saint Bartholomew Monastery
	The monastery of Saint Bartholomew in 1913
Religion
Affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
Status	Half-ruined
Location
Location	Albayrak, Van Province, Turkey
	Shown within Turkey
Geographic coordinates	38°09′00″N 44°12′47″E / 38.149942°N 44.212925°E
Architecture
Style	Armenian
Completed	13th century (monastery)

Saint Bartholomew Monastery (Armenian: Սուրբ Բարդուղիմեոսի վանք, Surb Barduğimeosi vank' ; Western Armenian: Surp Part'uğimeosi vank' ) was a medieval Armenian monastery in the historic province of Vaspurakan, 23 km^[5] north-east^[6] from the town of Başkale, in present-day Turkey's Van Province, near the Iranian border. The monastery was built on the traditional site of martyrdom of Bartholomew the Apostle, who is reputed to have brought Christianity to Armenia in the first century. Along with Thaddeus the Apostle, Bartholomew is considered the patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It was a prominent pilgrimage site prior to the Armenian genocide. Today, it is heavily ruined and the dome entirely gone.

^ Bachmann 1913, p. 123.
^ Sinclair, Thomas A. (1989). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume I. Pindar Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-907132-32-5. ...the monastery of St. Bartholomew at the village of Albayrak.
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[FOOTNOTEBachmann1913[httpbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidnjp32101068047198view1upseq133_123]-1] Bachmann 1913, p. 123.

[2] Sinclair, Thomas A. (1989). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume I. Pindar Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-907132-32-5. ...the monastery of St. Bartholomew at the village of Albayrak.

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[FOOTNOTEBachmann1913[httpbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidnjp32101068047198view1upseq131_121]-4] Bachmann 1913, p. 121.

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