The 5th-century Armenian historian Pavstos Buzand, known for his six-volume History of Armenia, describes Katarovank as a large monastery built on top of the Dizapayt Mountain (Azerbaijani: Ziyarət dağı).

[citation needed] Suspicious of St. Grigoris, Sanesan ordered to execute the saint on the plain of Vatnean by tying him to a wild horse.

[citation needed] Khtsaberd (Çaylaqqala), Hin Tagher (Köhnə Tağlar) and Katarovank had been an Artsakh holdout in the Hadrut Province during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

[4] Clashes erupted around the Armenian holdout pocket despite the ceasefire agreement, with Azerbaijani forces taking control of Hin Tagher and advancing towards the area of Khtsaberd on 12 December 2020.

Subsequently, it was reported that the villages were and this monastery came under Azerbaijani control as Russian peacekeepers removed the area from their map of responsibility on 14 December 2020.