St. Khach Monastery (Shada)

The monastery was founded in the 11th or 12th century and underwent renovations in the 15th, 17th and 19th centuries.^[2][3]

The monastery was a well-known monastic complex. Only the church of the complex was still extant in the late Soviet period; the refectory, auxiliary buildings, and outer wall were already destroyed.^[2][3] The church was a basilica structure with a rectilinear apse, two vestries, and hall. There were Armenian inscriptions on the interior.^[2][3]

The remainings of the monastery complex were completely razed at some point between 1997 and August 29, 2008, as documented by Caucasus Heritage Watch.^[1]