Tags: Religious Building.
The Church of Saint John (Surp Hovanes) also known as Mastara Church in Mastara Armenia dates from the 5th century. It features a variation of the cruciform plan and central cupola’d church. In accordance with its square plan the four projecting apses inward-facing circular and outward facing polygonal offer the requisite supports to hold up the imposing polygonal cupola. The complex church designs are like those in Avan and St. Hripsime Church Echmiadzin.
