Heliga Korsets katedral, Aghtamar
Den Heliga Korsets kyrka ligger i sydöstra delen av Aghtamar-ön. Den byggdes av Vaspurakans kung, I. Hacik Gagik Ardzruni, mellan 915 och 921 e.Kr. Arkitekten Manuel planerade kyrkan som en del av ett palatskomplex. Thomas Ardzruni rapporterar i detalj att Gagik personligen designade och övervakade byggandet på Aghtamar-ön i sitt verk, som berättar om Ardzruni-dynastins historia. Palatset, kyrkan och stadsmurarna färdigställdes på en kort period av fem år.
Vaspurakans kungarike avskaffades av den bysantinske kejsaren Basil mellan 1021 och 1022. Den siste kungen, Senekerim, tvingades emigrera till Sivas och delvis runt Kayseri tillsammans med 40 000 armenier. 12 slott, 4400 byar och 115 kloster annekterades från Vaspurakans kungarike till romarna. Den Heliga Korsets kyrka på Aghtamar-ön omvandlades från en kejserlig kyrka till ett kloster. Olika sektioner lades till huvudstrukturen mellan 1113 och 1895. Den blev centrum för det armeniska patriarkatet i regionen. Ingen civil bosättning syntes efter 1500-talet, men det Heliga Korset fortsatte att existera på ön. Trehundra munkar bodde i klostret fram till slutet av 1800-talet. Den Heliga Korsets kyrka övergavs efter de fruktansvärda händelserna som ägde rum mellan 1895 och 1915. Ön övergavs helt 1918 och tyvärr lämnades strukturerna åt sitt öde.
Restaureringsarbetena påbörjades av Kultur- och Turismministeriet 2005 på ön. Huvudstrukturen av Aghtamar-kyrkan, jamatun-sektionen väster om kyrkan samt restaureringsarbetena av kapellen i sydöst och nordöst om kyrkan slutfördes i mars 2006. Vetenskapliga utgrävningar genomfördes mellan mars 2006 och augusti 2006 för att avslöja de kompletterande delarna av huvudutrymmet strax söder om kyrkan. Utgrävningarna täcker en yta på cirka 3 435 m². Under utgrävningarna grävdes cellrummen, serviceavdelningen, cisternen och prästskolans sektion fram, vilka var arrangerade runt gården söder om kyrkan. Den Heliga Korsets kyrka på Aghtamar-ön invigdes officiellt av turkiska och armeniska människor den 29 mars 2007. Idag är Aghtamar-ön tillgänglig med en 10-minuters båttur från en brygga på vägen till Van stad från Bitlis, och det är höjdpunkten på våra Östra Turkiet-turer.
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