Surb Echmiatzin - Armenian Monastery (Yanal)

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The monastery of the Holy Echmiatzin of Dzoradir is a 6th-century Armenian monastic complex in south-eastern Turkey. It is situated at west of the village of Dzoradir (Yanal) near the town and district of Başkale in Van Province. The Monastery of the Surb Echmiatzin at Soradir or Dzoradir (Armenian: ՁՈՐԱԴԻՐԻ Սբ. ԷՋՄԻԱԾԻՆ վանք) was built in the 6th century by the apprentice of the architect of the Saint Bartholomew Monastery; the site corresponds to a settlement in the Metz Aghbak district of Vaspurakan province of historical Armenia. According to Armenian inscriptions found inside the main church, in 582 with the sponsorship of Saro Mahtesi the church's dome and western threshold were reconstructed. In the 10th century, the Armenian king Gurgen III Artzruni entrusted the architect Manuel to build the Saint Cross of Akhtamar monastery copying the design of the Dzoradir monastery. It was a functioning Armenian monastery until the Armenian Genocide in 1915.