Because of these foreign invasions, Grigor III chose to seek refuge and moved the catholicate two times; once in 1116 from Karmir Vank at Kesun to its new location in Tsovak, and again in 1149 to Hromgla.
The town is the site of a large Iron Age fort atop a hill with a cuneiform inscription of Sarduri II (8th century BCE).
Tsovak |