Alapars
Alapars is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The village has 860 dwellings, a school, house of culture, and library. The population is entirely Armenian. Notable natives are director of pump station of the Alapars, USSR multiple medalist Avetik Avetyan, Patriarch Mushegh Aliabertsi, artist Tatik Saryan, dramatist Melik Kocharyan, folk collector Shavigh Grigoryan, The statesman of Armenia, Governor of Kotayk, Armenia Kavalenko Shahgaldyan.... Show more Alapars was founded in 470, but was resettled in 1828-30 by immigrants from Khoy and Maku. Its center is dominated by the churches of Saint Vartan built in 901 by a Prince Grigor, and the Holy Mother of God of 1897. Also in the vicinity is the monastery of S. Tsiranavor. According to local folklore, Vartanavank contains a drop of blood from the Armenian national hero Vartan Mamikonian.