Ayrk

Place in Gegharkunik, Armenia

Ayrk Այրք
Church in Ayrk
40°07′26″N 45°47′26″E / 40.12389°N 45.79056°E / 40.12389; 45.79056
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Municipality	Vardenis
Elevation	2,151 m (7,057 ft)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	317
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Postal code	1605
Ayrk at GEOnet Names Server

Ayrk (Armenian: Այրք) is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

History

The village contains the Church of St. Astvatsatsin dated to 1181 AD, and the 13th-century Katoghike St. Gevorg church, 150 meters apart from each other. Both churches have large adjoining cemeteries, and between them are the remains of massive stone walls of an Iron Age fortification with shallow caves below.^[2]

Gallery

Khachkars in Ayrk

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 82. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ayrk.

Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.