Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A former Armenian monastic complex near Sivas city of modern Turkey. Sourb Nshan of Sebastia (Armenian: ). Sourb Nshan in Armenian for Holy Sign. Sebastia is a historical name of the city of Sivas in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. Sourb Nshan monastery was established by prince Atom-Ashot, the son of King Senekerim. The monastery was named after a celebrated relic that Senekerim had brought from Varagavank monastery, and which was returned there after his death. This was one of notable center of enlightenment and scholarship of Lesser Armenia during Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman reigns until the Armenian Genocide in 1915. In 1915 Sourb Nshan monastery was the main repository of medieval Armenian manuscripts in the Sebastia region and at least 283 manuscripts are recorded. The library was not destroyed during World War I and most of the manuscripts survived. In 1918 about 100 of them were transferred to the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.

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