Gerhard Monastery

Gerhard Monastery, Armenia

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Gerhard

A travel blog entry by catmoj

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... dates 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 ...

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