Haghartsin Monastery

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Haghartsin (Armenian: Հաղարծին, romanized: Hałarcin) is a medieval Armenian monastery located near the town of Dilijan in the Tavush Province of Armenia. It was built between the 10th and 13th centuries. It is composed of three churches: St. Gregory's (the oldest one), St. Stephen's, and St. Astvatsatsin (St. Mary's, the largest one), as well as a gavit and a refectory. Popular etymology derives the name of Haghartsin from the words khaghats’ 'moved around, played' and artsiv 'eagle'. Haghartsin is also the name of a stream which flows past the monastery and empties into the Aghstev. Haghartsin is thought to have been founded in the 10th century, although the exact founding date is unknown. It is assumed that kings of the Kiurikian dynasty, a branch of the Bagratuni dynasty, are buried in the partially destroyed sepulchre next to St. Gregory's Church, which contains two graves (formerly three) with partially legible inscriptions. According to another view, the Bagratuni kings Smbat II (r. 977–990) and Gagik I (r. 990–1020) are the ones buried there, although the historian Stepanos Asoghik reports that Smbat was buried in Ani.