The '' Monastery of the Holy Cross at Soradir or Dzoradir '' ( ) was built in the 6th century by the apprentice of the architect of the Saint Bartholomew Monastery ; the site corresponds to a settlement in the Metz Aghbak district of Vaspurakan province of historical Armenia . According to Armenian inscriptions found inside the main church , in 582 with the sponsorship of Saro Mahtesi the church 's dome and western threshold were reconstructed . In the 10th century , the Armenian king Gurgen III Artzruni entrusted the architect Manuel to build the Saint Cross of Akhtamar monastery copying the design of the Dzoradir monastery . It was a functioning Armenian monastery until the Armenian Genocide in 1915
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Church of the Holy Cross at Soradir