Tejharuyk Monastery

Tejharuyk Monastery
Tejharuyk Monastery, October 2014
Religion
AffiliationArmenian Apostolic Church
RegionCaucasus
StatusInactive, ruins
Location
LocationMeghradzor, Kotayk Province,  Armenia
Shown within Armenia
Geographic coordinates40°35′52″N 44°38′41″E / 40.597816°N 44.644806°E / 40.597816; 44.644806
Architecture
TypeMonastery
StyleArmenian
Groundbreaking1196
Completed1196-99

Tejharuyk (Armenian: Թեժառույք) is a 12th-century walled Armenian monastery located upon a wooded hill just southwest of the village of Meghradzor in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It was constructed between 1196–99 and commissioned by Ivane I Zakarian, a commander of the Armeno-Georgian Zakarian-Mkhargrzeli family, who was a convert to the Georgian Orthodox Church. His vassal, Prince Bubak, and the latter's heirs are buried in the gavit of the church.