Tigran Honents
Tigran Honents was a rich Armenian trader of the early 13th century, during the Zakarid period. He is especially known for his dedication of the Church of St [Gregory of Tigran Honents] in Ani, in Turkey's province of Kars next to the closed border with Armenia in 1215.
Church of St Gregory of Tigran Honents
He made a dedicatory inscription in Armenian on the southern wall of the church of St Gregory of Tigran Honents. The dedication by Tigran Honents shows that he was a Monophysite Christian, as it is made in the name of the "three holy councils and the nine choirs of angels":Tigran Honents is also known to have sponsored the renovation of a staircase in the Cathedral of Ani in 1213, and the building of the Monastery of the Virgins, also at Ani.