Arkina ( Armenian: Արկինա) was a small village in Medieval Armenia within the Shirak district and near the city of Ani. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Arkina is best known for being the temporary seat of the Catholicosate after Ananias I of Armenia moved it from Vaspurakan in 959. [5] [3] His predecessors lived on Agtamar Island but he found it better to seek protection under Ani's king and to establish himself on the mainland. [5] He lived in Arkina until a cathedral and palace were built in Ani. [5] [6]
Arkina had a fortress and perhaps a cathedral, whose ruins are just west of the Tiknis border in present-day Turkey. [3] [7] It would likely have been built by Katholikos Khatchik between 972 and 992; its remaining wall was damaged in a 1966 earthquake. [3]
Arkina ( Armenian: Արկինա) was a small village in Medieval Armenia within the Shirak district and near the city of Ani. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Arkina is best known for being the temporary seat of the Catholicosate after Ananias I of Armenia moved it from Vaspurakan in 959. [5] [3] His predecessors lived on Agtamar Island but he found it better to seek protection under Ani's king and to establish himself on the mainland. [5] He lived in Arkina until a cathedral and palace were built in Ani. [5] [6]
Arkina had a fortress and perhaps a cathedral, whose ruins are just west of the Tiknis border in present-day Turkey. [3] [7] It would likely have been built by Katholikos Khatchik between 972 and 992; its remaining wall was damaged in a 1966 earthquake. [3]