Խաչքար, Syunik, Armenia

Khachkar

Хачкар · Խաչքար

This khachkar (carved cross-stone) is set into the eastern wall of the Surb Stepanos church at the abandoned settlement of Old Shinuhayr, in the Vorotan gorge of Syunik region. It carries the names of Yezek and Papka.

The stone is listed in Armenia's state register of immovable history and culture monuments, under number 9.73/2.2.5.

The site lies in Syunik region, near Tatev, roughly 176 km east-southeast of Yerevan (straight-line).

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Syunik
From Yerevan
~176 km east-southeast

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