Sevanavank ("Սևանավանք" in Armenian, meaning monastery of Sevan) is a monastery located on the northwestern shore of Lake Sevan in the eastern Armenian province of Geghark'unik', not far from the town of Sevan.According to an inscription in one of the churches, it was founded in 874 AD by princess Miriam, the daughter of Ashot I who became a king a decade later. At the time, Armenia was still struggling to free itself from the Arab rule.The monastery was strict as it was mainly intended for those monks from Echmiadzin who had sinned. Jean-Marie Chopin, a Frenchexplorer of the Caucasus, visited it in 1830 and reported about a regime without meat, wine, youth or women. Another explorer visited it in 1850 and reported that manuscripts were still being copied manually.
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Sevanavank (en arménien Սևանավանք) est un monastère arménien situé au bord du lac Sevan, dans la région de Gegharkunik et à 60 km au nord-est d'Erevan, la capitale. Le monastère fut fondé en 874 par la princesse Mariam. Il est formé de deux églises datant du , Saints-Apôtres (Sourp Arakelots en arménien) et Sainte-Mère-de-Dieu (Sourp Astvatsatsin). Cet ensemble monastique est situé sur une presqu'île surplombant le lac Sevan.
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Sevanavank (armensk «Սևանավանք», 'klosteret ved Sevan' er eit kloster på den nordvestre breidden av Sevansjøen, nær byen Sevan, i provinsen Geghark'unik' aust i Armenia. Ei innskrift i ei av kyrkjene fortel at klosteret blei grunnlagd i 874 av prinsesse Miriam, dotter til Asjot I som blei konge ti år seinare. På denne tida kjempa landet for å frigjera seg frå muslimsk herredøme.
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