Travel Blog Photos from Gerhard Monastery (7)
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![]() | Gerhard Monastery, Armenia |
... 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 ...