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Gardman Monastery

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Gardman

Historical Introduction
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The earliest record of Gardman Monastery dates back to the late 5th century and refers to “…a certain Akit coming from Gardman Monastery.”

History of the Armenian Nation by Ghazar Parpetsy. Yerevan, 1982, p. 468, in Armenian.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 148.

It is also mentioned under Catholicoses Hovhannes (557 to 574) and Yezr (630 to 641) (“…Yovhanik, bishop of Gardman…,” “…Stepanos, bishop of Gardman …”).

Movse-s Dasxuranci: Appendix by Mkhitar Gosh. Yerevan, 1983, pp. 72, 229.
Melikset-Bek, L. M. Georgian Sources about Armenia and Armenians, vol. 1, Yerevan, 1934, p. 45.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 148.

Gardman Monastery served as a bishop residence, four of its spiritual leaders being later ordained as Aghvank Catholicoses: “Lord Nerse-s...” (689 to 706); “Lord T‘e-odoros...” (784 to 788); “Lord Gagik...” (947 to 958), and “Lord Petros... from the bishopric of Gardman” (971 to 987).

Movses Dasxuranci: Appendix by Mkhitar Gosh. Yerevan, 1983, pp. 229-231.
History of Armenia by Kirakos Gandzaketsy. Prepared for publication by Melik-Ohanjanian K. Yerevan, 1961, pp. 198-199.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 148.

The historiographical sources of the following centuries keep silence about the monument, probably, due to its destruction.