Tatev Monastery Complex

Tatev Monastery is a 9th century historical monument. It is one of the oldest and most famous monastery complexes in Armenia. During medieval times Tatev Monastery was a vital scholastic, enlightenment and spiritual center and played a singular role in the country’s history. 

Restoration of the monastery, re-establishing its educational legacy and reviving monastic life at Tatev is one of the main goals of Tatev Revival Program, a part of which is Wings of Tatev aerial tramway.

What you will see:

  • Mighty fortress walls upon massive cliffs;
  • An ancient oil mill with stone grinders;
  • Pendulous Column – a unique medieval structure
  • Ancient frescoes by European masters.
In 2008, the Tatev Revival Program was launched by the Ruben Vardanyan Foundation, with the aim of restoring the monastic complex. In 2010, as part of the program, the Dzit-Han oil mill was restored, which currently functions as a museum. In 2015 the Northern entrance was restored, in 2018 the Church of St. Astvatsatin, in 2019 the museum part of the Complex.
 
List of our supporters
 
Ruben Vardanyan and Veronika Zonabend, the founders of Tatev Revival Foundation, express their sincere gratitude to all partners and friends who support the project.
 

PATRONS

Gagik Adibekyan
ARGA Foundation
Vladimir Avetisyan
Igor & Larisa Fuksman
Levon Hayrapetyan
Mark Kurtser
 
DISTINGUISHED SUPPORTERS
Noubar and Anna Afeyan
Ruben Aganbegyan and
Veronika Misyutina
Gayane Antaranyan
Garo Armen and Alice Saraydarian
Gregory Baltzer
BIS ART CJSC
Mikhail Broitman
Jacques and Patricia Der Megreditchian
Movses Dzavaryan
Armen and Artcvik Garslian
Norair and Anna Gyuzalyan
Mikhail Kamalov
Samvel Karapetyan
Ainitdin Karjauv
Danil Khachaturov
Ashot and Karina Khachaturyants
Maria Korneeva
Mikhail Kusnirovich
Gevorg Megrabyan
Leonid Mikhelson
Robert Musin
Zelimkhan Mutsoev
Artak Nesterov
Konstantin Nikolaev
Marianne and Michael Obermayer
Mikhail Pogosyan
Igor and Irina Sagiryan
Mikhail Shelkov
Vladimir and Liana Smirnov
Konstantin, Polina and Valeria Sorokin
William Winters
Gagik and Irina Zakaryan
Igor and Lidia Zavyalov
 
SUPPORTERS
 
Mukhtar Ablyazov
Natalia Agapova
Boris Aleshin
Artur Andreasyan
Babken and Aida Arakelyan
Levon Arevshatyan
Vladimir Artyakov
Anushavan Arzumanyan
Margarita Avdonina
Ashot Bablumyan
Maria Baer
Ara Bagdasaryan
Mkhitar Beglaryan
Norair Belluyan
Valeriy Belotserkovskiy
Frederick and Lori Berliner
Artem Bikov
Erik and Zarema Bugulov
Artak and Irina Chibukhchyan
Anatoly Chubais and Avdotia Smirnova
Igor and Olga Dergunov
Eivind and Gwenn Djupedal
Aleksey Dolgikh
Aleksandr Faifman
Karen Galustyan
Armen Gasparyan
Mikhail Gaukhman
Ararat Gevorkyan
Ruben Gevorkyan
Roman Goryunov
Aram Grigorian
Artak Hanesyan
Ara Hayrapetyan
IDeA Foundation Team
Irina Ikonnikova
David Ioseliani
Arman Jilavian
Igor Kamenskoy
Anatoliy and Nina Karachinskiy
Andranik Karapetyan
Aram Karapetyan
Artashes and Anahit Kazakhetsyan
Mikhail Khadzhabekyan
Aslan Khalishkov
Denis Manturov
Anna Mazmanian
Nikita Mishin
Hakop Mkhitaryan
Andrew Mkrtchyan
Aleksey Mordashov
Artak Nahapetyan
Gor Nahapetyan
Leonid Novoselskiy
Roman Pakhomov
Emil Pirumov
Sergey and Marina Prudnik
Giedrius Pukas
Andrey Rappoport
Tigran Saakyan
Gagik Sahakyan
David Sargsyan
Armen Sarkisyan
Vazrik Sekoyan
Andrei Sharonov
Stanislav Shekshnya /Ward Howell/
Zest Leadership
Yulia Solers
Olga Surikova
Artur Trofimov
Ashot and Olga Tumasyan
Semen and Alla Vinokurov
Sergey Virabyan
Aleksander Volkov
Alexander and Sanya Yushkevich
Valentin and Svetlana Zavadnikov
Aleksandr and Larisa Zhirkov
 
FRIENDS
Tatevik Aghabekyan
Marine Ales
Artur Amirkhanyan
Aren Apikyan
Artur and Armine Asiryan
Mikael and Ani Asiryan
Igor Blinov
Avetik Chalabyan
Vardan Darbinyan
Andrey Datsenko
Ani Davtyan
Arevik Davtyan
Armen Dishdishyan
Timothy Flynn
David Gabrielyan
Araik Gasparyan
Evgeniy Gavrilenkov
David Harutyunyan
Ashot Karakhanyan
Azamat Karimov
Karapet Khajakian
Sergey and Tatiana Krasavin
Eleonora Malkhasyan
Ruben Matevosyan
Vladimir Mau
Julia Moeckli
Yelena Muradyan
Geoffrey and Tessa Nicholson
Anna Nikolaeva
Richard Ogdon
Elena Orlova
Viktor and Valentina Pakhomov
Aleksandr Pankov
Valeriya Pavlova
Gaspar and Irina Petrosyan
Vahan Sakanyan
Sergey and Julia Skvortsov
Samvel Vagradyan
Wilfried Vanhonacker
Vahan Vardanyan
Andrey Volkov
Marianna Vorobieva
Arman Voskerchyan and Kristina Ter Kazaryan
Natalia Zolotova
 
We also acknowledge the support of those donors who chose to be anonymous.

 

What To See

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