Taycharukh

 Taycharukh

At 9.4 km  is  Marmarik  (formerly Dali Pasha), with various hostels and summer camps,  S. Hovhannes church in the village.At      11.5   km,      the    turn-off      forMeghradzor (formerly Taycharukh) on the Meghradzor (“honey gorge”) river.Another 0.8 km further, a foot- bridge left crosses the Marmarik and a foot track ascends the wooded S slope in a 15-minute stiff climb to the 12^th  c.      “Chalcedonian”  (Georgian Orthodox) monastery of Tezharuyk, built by the Georgian general/ dynast Ivane Zakarian in 1196-99. 
His vassal, Prince Bubak, and the latter’s heirs are buried in the gavit. N above Meghradzor, a road leads past a disused gold mine awaiting foreign investment, and the 9 km-long rail tunnel under the mountain, connecting Hrazdan and Yerevan with the Dilijan-Kazakh line. The road over the mountain is a jeep track, closed in winter.