Armenian Apostolic Holy Church The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

At the initiative of the Masyatsotn Diocese, the expedition of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography is carrying out excavations in the Spitak Vank complex of the village of Lanjanist. Short-term excavations were carried out here since 2021, but there is a need to carry out more large-scale excavations for the purpose of strengthening and restoring the monastery complex. The Spitak Monastery complex consists of the Holy Mother of God Church and adjacent auxiliary structures, the functional significance of which will become clear at the end of the excavations.