Akner monastery

The Akner Monastery (Armenian Ակներ վանք Akner vank ') is today a ruined Armenian monastery near the village Egner at Aladağ in the Turkish province of Adana. It was built from 1198 and existed up to the massacres of the Armenians from 1894 to 1896, during which it was destroyed.

Etymology

The monastery was known under different names:

Exterior

The Akner monastery was near the small Armenian castle Bardzraberd on the border between the two districts Tsakhut ( Ցախուտ ) and Bardzraberd ( Բարձրաբերդ - higher Fortress ) near the village Akner (or Aknaghbyur ) on the middle reaches of the River Seyhan ( Սարան գետ - mountain river ) on a hilly place full of streams. The Akner Monastery consisted of three churches:

History

Akner was one of the most important monasteries of the Kingdom of Lesser Armenia. It was built in 1198-1203 by King Levon II and inaugurated by Catholicos Grigor Apirat. Akners establishment fell into the Golden Age Kilikian Armenia, so it also served as the site of the Military Council and the Church Assembly. In addition to the monastic functions it served as

Akner had contacts with many other monasteries of medieval Armenia. Manuscripts of monks Petros, David, Barsegh, Ghazar, Vardan, Nerses, Serovbe (son of Nerses ) told of unmatched capabilities in hand-written and graphic works of the monastery. Since the early 13th century, a house Akner religion existed in the monastery. 1273 was Grigor Aknertsi Head of the Order of Akner. There he wrote the book " The history of the Nestorians " ( Պատմութիւն վասն ազգին նետողաց ).

In the 13th century founded Akners religious house, which worked as the monasteries Grner and Bardzraberd with other abbeys small Armenia, a famous school of graphic design.

In Akner Monastery studied many enlightened people such as monks Poghos ( Պողոս ), Grigor ( Գրիգոր ), Karapet ( Կարապետ ), Hovhannes ( Հովհաննես ), Ruben ( Ըռուբեն ) and Barsegh ( Բարսեղ ). The Armenian Catholicos Grigor Anavarzatsi ( Գրիգոր Է Անավարզեցի ) wrote in a letter to the King Levon II 1306: " Religion Akners house consists of very decent, exemplary and wise people."

In 1307, at the great council in the capital Sis, also took the religious house Akners, headed by Archimandrite and Abbot Vardan Sargis, in part. King Hethum I retired after his resignation in 1270 in the Akner Monastery back. In Akner Monastery King Levon II, Paghtin Marajakht, numerous princes, abbots and monks were buried. 1375 the monastery was damaged by the Mamluks. Many years later the monastery was rebuilt in the 18th century. Akner served as the Armenian monastery in Adana Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. In the massacre of the Armenians 1894-1896, the monastery was completely destroyed.

Manuscripts of Akner

The Matenadaran Institute contains numerous manuscripts and written in Akner books from the years 1215 to 1342. Among them are works such as chronicles, Bibles, reproductions of works by Mesrop Mashtots and Grigor Narekazi, Scharakane ( collection of Armenian hymns ) and of Agathangelos 's "History of Armenia ". The paintingschool Akner pursued a new technique of painting and iconography for their uniformity of the human body and the realistic images was characteristic. The best example of her style is "The Bible of Queen Keran " ( Կեռան թագուհու Ավետարանը ) written in 1272 and dedicated to a different famous book that has been written before in Akner: " The monastery, called Akner " ( Ի վանս, որ կոչի Ակներ ).