'''Amaras Monastery''' ({{lang-hy|Ամարաս վանք}}) is an [[Armenian peopleArmenians|Armenian]] monastery<ref>Thomas De Waal/ The Caucasus: An Introduction/ Oxford University Press -2018, p.103- pp.312{{quote|The demographics of the region have fluctuated sharply over time, but an Armenian presence has been recorded there off and on for centuries, and the hills are dotted with medieval Armenian churches, such as Amaras and Gandzasar.}}</ref> near the village in theof [[KhojavendSos, DistrictNagorno-Karabakh|Sos]], ofin [[Azerbaijan]]the andregion formerly theof [[list of states with limited recognition|breakaway stateNagorno-Karabakh]], [[Republic of ArtsakhAzerbaijan]].<ref>Khatcherian, Hrair. ''Artsakh: A Photographic Journey''. Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, 1997, p. 6. {{OCLC|37785365}}</ref> It was a prominent religious and educational center in medieval Armenia.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hasratyan|first=M. M.|author-link=Murad Hasratyan|title=Ամարասի ճարտարապետական համալիրը [Architectural complex of Amaras]|journal=[[Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri]]|date=1975|issue=5|pages=35–52|url=http://lraber.asj-oa.am/5416/|language=hy}}</ref>
[[Azerbaijan]] denies the monastery's [[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian Apostolic]] heritage, instead referring to it as "[[Caucasian Albania|Caucasian Albanian]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amaras məbədi - XOCAVƏND RAYON Icra Hakimiyyəti|url=http://www.xocavend-ih.gov.az/page/143.html|access-date=2021-05-28|website=www.xocavend-ih.gov.az}}</ref>
