Գանձակա Ս Կարապետի Վանք (W Arm: Kantsaga Surp Garabedi Vank, E Arm: Gandzaka S Karapeti Vank). Also known as Գանձակա Վանք (W. Arm Kantsaga Vank), Գանձակի ս Թովմա առաքյալի վանք (Kantsagi s Tovma arakyali vank), ս Թովմա առաքյալո վանք, ս Թովմա առաքյալի վանք, ս Թովմաս առաքյալի վանք, ս Թովմասի վանք, ս Թումա (s Tuma), ս Թումա առաքյալի վանք, ս Կարապետի Վանք.
Located today in on the shores of Lake Van in Turkey, near the village of Altınsaç. Built in the 10-11th centuries. Renovated by Vartabed Tovma Aghtamartsi in 1671 and Catholicos Hovhannes in 1801. The kmpet was of spitakashen, 8 sided. The monastery was a center of manuscripts (krchutyan). It was robbed and ruined in 1896.
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References
Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories. Vol 1, p 786.
