Yerits Mankants Monastery
The monastery is located in the mountains to the west of Maghavuz, southwest of Tonashen, and close to the fortress of Jraberd.The monastery complex comprises a church, a refectory, living quarters, several secular buildings, and a nearby cemetery.The monastery was established by the feudal family of Melik-Israelians, Lords of Jraberd, with an apparent purpose to rival the Holy See of Gandzasar.[2] In 1819, the Catholicosate of Yerits Mankants monastery was abolished with the death of Catholicos Simeon II.[3] During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, when Azerbaijani forces occupied the town of Gülüstan, 2,000-3,000 Armenian residents of the area took refuge in the monastery in an effort to reach Martakert Province.