Saint Karapet Monastery was also one of the three most important sites for Armenian Christian pilgrimage, and among the richest, most ancient institutions in Ottoman Armenia, until it was destroyed to its foundations by Turks after the Armenian Genocide.
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After the extermination and expulsion of the Armenians in the Armenian Genocide, Surp Karapet ceased to exist not only as a spiritual center, but also as an architectural monument.
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