Jean-Marie Chopin, a French explorer of the Caucasus, visited there in 1830 and wrote of a regimen restraining from meat, wine, youth or women.
Sevanavank (armensko Սևանավանք ali Սեվանավանք, kar pomeni "sevanski samostan") je samostan v armenski provinci Gegharkunik, v neposredni bližini mesta Sevan na severozahodni obali jezera Sevan.