Gerhard Monastery, Armenia

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Gerhard, Gerhard Monastery, Armenia travel blog
Gerhard
Sep 29, 2005

... back to the 4th Century when it was built to house a relic, a spear of Jesus' body. Hence it's name os Spear Monastery. Before this time, monks lived here in caves. The church however, is not without a bloody history. It was destroyed by Arabs in 9th ...

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