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Kecharis
is a 13th-century
monastery, located 60 km from
Yerevan,
in the ski resort
town of
Tsakhkadzor
in Armenia.
Nestled in the Bambak mountains, Kecharis was founded by a
Pahlavuni
prince in the 11th century, and construction continued until the middle
of the 13th century. In the 12th and 13th centuries Kecharis was a major
religious center of Armenia and a place of higher education. Today the
monastery has been fully
restored
by an Armenian benefactor from
Vienna
named Vladimir Harutyunian, in memory of his parents Harutyun and
Arsenik and is clearly visible from the ski slopes.
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