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Varagavank (Armenian: Վարագավանք Varagavank meaning Monastery of Varag) also known as Yedi kilise (Turkish for Seven Churches) sometimes spelt Yedi Kilisa was a prominent Armenian monastery whose ruins are located on the slopes of Mount Varag (Erek Dağı) 9 km east of the city of Van in Turkey’s Van region.Founded in the early 11th-century on a pre-existing religious site it was the richest and best known monastery in the Armenian kingdom of Vaspurakan and in later centuries was the seat of the archbishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Van.
