St. James Monastery is the medieval Armenian monastery traditionally associated with a reported Ark sighting on Mount Ararat.
According to a tradition recorded in accounts about Saint Jacob of Nisibis, the saint attempted to climb Ararat to see Noah’s Ark. The story says that he repeatedly fell asleep during the ascent and received a piece of the Ark through divine intervention instead of reaching its summit.
A monastery dedicated to Saint James was traditionally connected with the relic. The account belongs to religious tradition and hagiography, not to verified archaeological evidence.
Mount Ararat has attracted many reported expeditions and alleged discoveries, but no claim has achieved broad scientific acceptance as proof of the Ark. The monastery tradition should therefore be distinguished from modern searches and from the biblical phrase “mountains of Ararat.”