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Beyond, a road
continues S to Lusahovit
(until 1978 Tsrviz), with the Moro
Dzoro (its name from early inscriptions) or
Tsrviz Vank of the 5- 13th c. Atabek Ivane
Zakarian sponsored a rebuilding of the long- ruined Astvatsatsin
church in 1213, stipulating
in return
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Continuing E toward
the border, Aknaghbyur,
until 1967 Nerkin
Aghdan, from 1967-70 Morut, is left of the road.
E of the village near a spring is a huge oak tree,
legendarily planted by sparapet
Vardan Mamikonian in 450 AD, used as a pilgrimage site.
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masses
for the long life of his sons Avag and Shahnshah be celebrated
till the Second Coming.
According to an inscription of 1197, Ivane's sister Nana,
his "soulmate and helper," spent time here as a nun.
An earlier inscription gives a decree of King Giorgi III
of Georgia (1156-84) the father of Queen Tamar, freeing the
monastery from taxes and endowing it with land.
The Tsrviz medieval settlement nearby has khachkars.
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