In about 2.5 km northeast of the village Aghavnavank, on the right bank of the river there is St. Mary Desert Church (Sb. Astvatsatsin Anapat) standing. According to the carvings on the walls, it was built on 11-12th centuries.

Desperate boy leaves his belongings, relatives, friends, and on an isle day by day was walking alone in the woods, sharing the pain of his soul with trees, shrubs, birds and forest animals.
But even here a lover boy couldn’t find a rest. The picture of ambitious Nabad was following him everywhere, appearing in a stream of water, in the morning dew, rain drops. Days and months go by, and the boy, forgot hunger and fatigue, was running through forests and calling his beloved Nabad. Once, when he was on top of a rock, young man looked down and saw an image of smiling face of Nabad in a running stream of water. Seemed like Nabad was calling the boy with opened arms. “Oh Nabad…” called the boy last time and without hesitation jumped down from a cliff to find the ethernal rest in the lap of Nabad.
According to the legend, the location name appeared from these words (Akh Nabad = Oh Nabad). It also says that knowing about the boy’s death, the peasants, who loved the boy too much, decided to build a church in honor of him. The church is also like a lover boy, isolated in the woods, and its present name St. Mary Desert church came from the words monastery-desert.