Tsakhats Qar, Frunzik, Avag’s son and Lusik, the daughter in law

In 1931 Avag’s junior son Frunzik was born. He planted his heirloom vineyard in the late 1950s above in his native Artabuynq village. This may have been the plot of Seda’s vineyard about 900 years ago. We are not aware of Seda’s identity, but an inscription on the 10th century Tsakhats Qar monastery nearby indicates that in 1251 a benefactor donated that vineyard to the monastery.

Though Frunzik may have planted his vineyard on the plot of another, more famous, Sirkants vineyard. A later inscription on the walls of the monastery, dated 1367, recounts how the villagers swapped that vineyard with the Mongols in exchange for the liberty of young men from Artabuynq that had been taken captive.