Between 1116 and 1895 the island was the location of the Catholicosate of Aghtamar of the Armenian Apostolic Church . Khachatur III , who died in 1895 , was the last Catholicos of Aght ' amar . In April 1915 , during the Armenian Genocide , the monks on Aght ' amar were massacred , the cathedral looted , and the monastic buildings destroyed
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Akdamar Island