Alapars  Alapars (; formerly known as Aylaberk, Aylaber) 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. Notable natives are director of pump station of the Alapars, USSR multiple medalist Avetik Avetyan, Patriarch Mushegh Aliabertsi (490-561), artist Tatik Saryan, dramatist Melik Kocharyan, folk collector Shavigh Grigoryan, The statesman of Armenia, Governor of Kotayk, Armenia Kavalenko Shahgaldyan. 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 ("Vartanavank") built in 901 (rebuilt 19th century) by a Prince Grigor, and the Holy Mother of God ("Surb Astvatsatsin") 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.