Saint Stepanos Monastery

East Azarbaijan Province · Iran

Saint Stepanos Monastery, Iran
Photo: Alireza Javaheri, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Set in a deep river gorge near the Aras, this Armenian monastery is enclosed by ramparts and richly carved stone reliefs. Its domed church stands amid steep wooded slopes on the Iranian border.

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