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Unseen Armenia: Ayrk
Ayrk, in Gegharkunik marz, about 30 km. south of Vartenis, to the south-east of Lake Sevan, is a village of about 50 households. It is reachable from Vartenis by a bad but passable road.
The origin of the village is unknown, but in the cemetery next to its two small churches, Sourp Grigor and Sourp Astvatsatsin, are khatchkars (stone crosses) that date to the 7th-10th centuries.
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Joseph; Your beautiful photos and your writing bring this village to life. Your love of this place is evident in your writing. Do you have geographical coordinates you can post? Many of us will be in Yerevan next year, and this sounds like a wonderful place to visit. And why would we not want to go to a village where we can help the economy? Joseph, I don’t see trees in your photos. What are these people using for heat in the winter? Also, how are they managing for drinking water? Do they have a village well? Tell us if there are children and if there is a school for them. I am hoping more visitors to remote Armenian villages will write about them like this. Thank you for this very moving article.
it was Turkish village Dashkend. I was born there.
I also lived here till 1988. turkish village