Hermon Monastery

Hermon Monastery, also known as Ahermon or Genevank, is an important Armenian architectural monument on the slope above the Yeghegis River in Vayots Dzor Province. It functioned as both a religious and cultural centre. In 936, Prince Smbat and Bishop Hakob established the Syunik ecclesiastical seat here. In 1338, Archimandrite Tiratur of Cilicia, a student of Yesayi Nchetsi, arrived and founded the Hermon monastic school. The present Church of Saint Gregory is a 17th-century three-aisled basilica with one pair of columns, built from polished basalt. Parts of the facing and southern wall have been lost, while traces of former buildings remain within the rectangular monastery grounds.