Hogots monastery

Hogots monastery Հոգոց վանք
Religion
Affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
District	Gürpınar district
Region	Eastern Anatolia Region
Status	Ceased functioning as a monastery in 1915
Location
Location
State	Turkey
Shown within Turkey
Geographic coordinates	38.0833°N 43.4326°E / 38.0833; 43.4326
Architecture
Type	Church
Style	Armenian
Completed	528 A.D.

Hogots monastery was an Armenian monastery in the western Gürpınar district of modern Turkey. It was situated 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of Özlüce village in the district.

Etymology

Hogots monastery (Armenian: Հոգոց վանք, Hogots vank) is Armenian for Monastery of the Holy Spirit.

History

Hogots monastery was one of the few notable monasteries of Historical Armenia's Antzevasiq district, which was a part of the larger province of Vaspurakan. Similar to Surb Bardughmeosi vank, Hogots monastery was a pilgrimage site for Armenians from the Van region. In the seventeenth century, it became the main religious building of the Norduz district of the Vilayet of Van in the Ottoman Empire. The priest Vahan (Armenian: Վահան Քահանայ) was the last of the known priests of the monastery preceding the Armenian genocide during 1915. It is believed that almost a hundred Armenian women and children in the monastery were burned to death when they tried to lock themselves inside during the genocide.

Current condition

According to unconfirmed sources, the Hogots monastery was used as a target during Turkish military training exercises in late 1946 and suffered extensive damage.