Church :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Church 13 — 14 cc․

NKR / Kashatagh / Gharaghshlagh

Location

About 1 km northeast of Gharaghshlagh there are magnificent rocks with a church cut in the cave and several cells furnished by altars.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 137.

Description

The church is situated on the southern slope of the rock.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 137.

Architectural Description

It is a basilica with only one entrance and two windows widening from the inside (all of them look to the south). The interior dimensions are 5,80 x 2,50 cm, the height is about 4,4 m. With the exception of the lower comer of the entrance, other parts of the church are not damaged. The altar stone is missing. It was cut of a separate piece of stone and placed into the special deepening in the floor. It should be noted that the altarpiece was the only part of the church, which had been cut of a separate stone, independent on the main mass of the cave. The interior is totally devoid of any inscriptions and ornaments, even crosses.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 137.

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Author Samvel Karapetyan

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Author Sasun Danielian

Author Sasun Danielian