AGHTAMAR: The Church of the Holy Cross, 915-921

By, Stepan K. Mnatsakanian, K.H. Maksoudian, and Ranier K. Lampien

Photos of wonderful ancient Armenian church. The Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Akdamar (Aghtamar) Island, in Lake Van in eastern Turkey, is a medieval Armenian Apostolic cathedral, built as a palatine church for the kings of Vaspurakan and later serving as the seat of the Catholicosate of Aghtamar.

Armenian General Benevolent Union (1986)