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The Surp Garabed Monastery: Armenia's Hidden Fortress of Faith
In the rugged mountains southwest of Mush, the Surp Garabed Monastery — also known as the Monastery of John the Precursor — stood for over a millennium as a spiritual fortress, pilgrimage site, and symbol of Armenian endurance. This episode takes you inside its stone walls, tracing its legendary founding by Gregory the Illuminator, its role as a center of learning under the Bagratuni dynasty, and its resilience through Seljuk, Mongol, Ottoman, and Kurdish pressures. We follow the monastery's centuries-long guardianship of relics, including the right arm of John the Baptist, and its…
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