SACRED THINGS OF MEDIEVAL SAGHMOSAVANK

Abstract

Medieval Sagmosavank was famous not only for its high school and rich library, but also
for Christian sacred objects preserved under its floors. There were nine of them, four of which
were crosses, one was a khachkar (a cross-stone), and two were relics of saints (the right hand
of St. Hakob Mtsbinatsi and the finger of St. Hakob’s Brother). There were also two graves
that belonged to two well-known leaders of the monastery. Today, some of them are kept in the
Holy See of Echmiadzin, and the others are preserved on the territory of the monastery.