Between 1116 and 1895 Aght ' amar Island was the location of the Armenian Catholicosate of Aght ' amar . Khachatur III , who died in 1895 , was the last Catholicos of Aght ' amar . In 1915 , during the Armenian Genocide , the church was looted , and the monastic buildings destroyed
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Aghtamar