khachkar
Armenian cross-stone

The peak of the khachkar carving art was between the 12th and the 14th centuries.

According to an inscription on a khachkar, it was renovated in 1125.

A khachkar that sits alone near the road strangely reads, "The treasure is in the head."

Near the church there is his tomb khachkar, small and modestly decorated, dated the same year.

The late-17th-century inscribed Armenian khachkar was removed from the entrance and later disappeared.

Carved behind the khachkar is the following inscription in Armenian:

The oldest khachkar with a known date was carved in 879 (though earlier, cruder, examples exist).

At the front of the church there are seven cross-stones (khachkar) and more than a dozen tombstones (10th to 19th century).

On the semi-circular lintel of one, is carved a cruciform khachkar design.

The most common khachkar feature is a cross surmounting a rosette or a solar disc.

The date was proposed based on an Arabic inscription on a khachkar over the western door of the church yard.

Behind this khachkar, there is the following inscription, the sculptor's alias:

The memorial board at the khachkar says:

The center khachkar dominates the others.

In front of the church is a brown tuff stone khachkar, donated in 2008 by the Arakelyan family,.

The impressive monastery which has remained in relatively good condition also houses one of the world's finest examples of a khachkar.

Occasionally a khachkar is surmounted by a cornice sometimes containing biblical or saintly figures.

During 1963-64, restorations were done to the church which revealed walls, piers, arches, fragments of vaults, and a khachkar.

The face of the khachkar has bas-relief carvings of crosses and standing human figures that sit in separate "panels".

Much of the time a khachkar is put up for religious reasons such as the salvation of the soul of a living or a dead person.

There are excellent carved details and khachkars here, but the "lacework" khachkar at Goshavank is one of the most impressive in the world.

On the upper right-hand side of the khachkar there is the following inscription in Armenian, the sculptor's initials:

There are two 13th-century cross-stones (khachkar) in the lying position built in the western wall (externally) and another one in the southern wall.

On 22 December 2009, a khachkar was unveiled at Hastings by the Armenian community in Malta.

Another reddish brown tuff stone khachkar (cross-stone) is found at the Armenian cemetery of Larnaca.