Khoranashat Monastery

Khoranashat Monastery in the village of Chinari, Tavush Province, was founded in the 13th century by Vanakan Vardapet. Its main building, the Church of the Holy Mother of God, was constructed between 1211 and 1222. The architecture includes two-storey chambers on both sides of the apse, reached by stairways rising from the altar platform. This unusual domed-hall design is characteristic of Armenian monastic churches of the High Middle Ages.