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.
Toponymy
The village was previously known as Aylaberk and Aylaber.History
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.Notable people
- Avetik Avetyan, USSR multiple medalist and director of the pump station of Alapars
- Mushegh Aliabertsi, Patriarch
- Tatik Saryan, artist
- Melik Kocharyan, dramatist
- Shavigh Grigoryan, folk collector
- Kavalenko Shahgaldyan, Governor of the Kotayk Province