Church of Saint Gregory

Built in the late 10th or early 11th century, this private chapel of the Pahlavuni family overlooks the Tsaghkotsadzor valley. Commissioned by Prince Grigor Pahlavuni, it features a 12-sided exterior with deep niches and an unusual hexafoil interior, where six apses surround a central dome with 12 windows. The southwest entrance once had a covered porch, now lost. A 1040 inscription records its role as a family sepulchre, with rooms built for Grigor, his son Hamza, and daughter Seda. The L-shaped crypt, later desecrated by treasure hunters, once housed at least three sealed graves. The interior retains faint 13th-century frescoes, Armenian, Russian, and Arabic graffiti, and architectural details suggesting later restorations. Source: Virtual Ani - https://skfb.ly/p9r6Z