Vank Monastery, Tbilisi

The Church of the Holy Mother of God of the Mens Monastery, also known as Pashavank (Armenian: Պաշավանք[1]) was an Armenian Apostolic church[1] in the city of Tbilisi located on the right bank of the Kura River.

[1] John Buchan Telfer wrote in his 1876 book "the principal church of the Armenians is the Pasha Vank, a handsome building within a high-walled enclosure; an inscription below a window records that it was erected by Ghoulants Khodja Giorgi, in the reign of Vakhtang VI, 1719-24; the Georgians have given the name of Pasha Vank, because they say it was erected by a Turkish pasha who had embraced the Christian faith.

Its exterior was constructed of solid brickwork, and was a triple-nave (with equal naves) basilica in plan.

There were barrel vaults under saddle roofs and three cupolas above the east spans, the central one being the tallest whereas the other two were slightly smaller.

[1] The drums were dodecagonal, with twelve long windows located under blind arches topped by horizontal molding and a row of decorative bricks.