 The monastic life was revived in Akhtala when the Zakarids heading the combined Georgian and Armenian forces liberated most of Armenia . The 13th @-@ century historians Kirakos Gandzaketsi and Vardan Areveltsi called the area Pghndzahank ( copper mine ) , because of rich copper deposits in the surroundings . Gandzaketsi writes the following : " Ivane , <unk> 's brother , also died [ that year ] and was buried at Pghndzahank ' near the church which he himself had built , taking it from the Armenians and making it into a Georgian monastery . " 
