from the collection copied by Hakob Grch in 1386. The monastery was a renowned place of pilgrimage for healing of snake bite. The relics of St. Karapet and St. Hovhan Voskeberan, the Thousand Saviour Cross, which were taken to affected areas during epidemics were kept in St. Karapet Church in Aprakunis. Current status The main church of the monastic complex was still standing in the 1980s. The church and whatever was remaining from the monastic complex was already totally erased by October 7, 2001. On May 31, 2013, a newly constructed mosque was opened on the place of the former monastery. See also List of Armenian churches in Azerbaijan References Armenian churches in Azerbaijan Ruined abbeys and monasteries Ruins in Azerbaijan