Kuys Varvara, Cave monastery on Mount Ara, Aragatsotn Province, Armenia

Kuys Varvara, also called Tsaghkevank, is a monastery cut into the rocky cliff of Mount Ara in the Aragatsotn region. Its walls of irregular light-coloured masonry and mortar hold a central rectangular window above a doorway closed by an iron gate, with a short white railing along a narrow ledge. A rectangular stone pillar stands in front of the lower wall among loose rocks on the snowy slope.

Tsaghkevank is a monastery hewn into the rock of Mount Ara in Aragatsotn Province, and it is held to be the burial place of Saint Varvara, also called Kuys Varvara. The Vatican regards Saint Varvara as probably legendary, like Saint Christopher, and recounts that she either died at the hands of her cruel father for converting to Christianity or was carried off by angels. Khachatur Abovyan wrote about the site in his story First Love.

Locals call the spring inside the mossy monastery "Holy Water" and credit it with healing eyesight, since the water carries notable zinc. Nearby residents celebrate both Christian and pagan holidays at the site, and pilgrims take water dripping from the chapel roof as the tears of the maiden Tsaghik.

Access is via an unpaved road that can become slippery during wet weather. Visitors should wear sturdy footwear and bring water, as there are no facilities on site.

The spring inside the mossy cave church is called "Holy Water" by locals, who credit it with healing eyesight; the water carries notable zinc. People also collect drops falling from the chapel roof, considered the tears of the maiden Tsaghik, to treat the eyes of people and animals.