The monastery complex consists of a small church, a narthex and a small church.[2] In addition to these buildings, there are also the remains of other structures. There are two cemeteries near the monastery.
According to the inscriptions, the church was built in 1163 and rebuilt in 1223.[3] At the entrance to the main church of the monastery, the following inscription in Armenian has been preserved:[4]
In the summer of 612 (1163), under the principality of Hassan, the son of Vakhtang and his wife Mamkan, I, John, son of the sister of Gregory and Georg, the son of (my) brother and other brothers, built churches to save our souls and in memory of our parents...
According to another inscription, the church was restored in 1223 under the principality of Hasan-Jalal Dawla.[5]
In June 2016, during the scientific expedition in the Republic of Artsakh, new epigraphic inscriptions were discovered on many monuments, including in the Havaptuk monastery.[6]
Mkrtchyan, Shahen (1989). Историко-архитектурные памятники Нагорного Карабаха [Historical and architectural monuments of Nagorno-Karabakh] (in Russian). Parkebarakn. p. 360. ISBN5-540-00402-7.
^Mkrtchyan, Shahen (1989). Harutyunyan, V. M.; Ulubabyan, B. A. (eds.). Историко-архитектурные памятники Нагорного Карабаха [Historical and architectural monuments of Nagorno-Karabakh] (in Russian). Translated by Baghdasaryan, L. R.; Arakelyan, N. A. (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Parberakan. p. 360. ISBN5-540-00402-7.
^Mkrtchyan, Shahen (1989). Harutyunyan, V. M.; Ulubabyan, B. A. (eds.). Историко-архитектурные памятники Нагорного Карабаха [Historical and architectural monuments of Nagorno-Karabakh] (in Russian). Translated by Baghdasaryan, L. R.; Arakelyan, N. A. (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Parberakan. p. 22. ISBN5-540-00402-7. «В лето 612 г. (1163 г.) при княжестве Хасана сына Вахтанга и супруги его Мамкан, я тэр Иоанн, сын сестры отца тэр Григора и Георг, сын (моего) брата и другие собратья построили церкви во спасение нашей души и в память о родителях наших...»
^Mkrtchyan, Shahen (1989). Harutyunyan, V. M.; Ulubabyan, B. A. (eds.). Историко-архитектурные памятники Нагорного Карабаха [Historical and architectural monuments of Nagorno-Karabakh] (in Russian). Translated by Baghdasaryan, L. R.; Arakelyan, N. A. (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Parberakan. p. 22. ISBN5-540-00402-7. Согласно другой надписи церковь была восстановлена в 1223 г. при княжестве Хасан-Джалал Долы.