Church :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Church 16 c․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Getabek / Metz Gharamurat

Architectural Description

The church of the monastic complex represents a tri-nave basilica with two entrances opening in the west and north, its vault lying below a gable roof and inwardly supported by a pair of square pillars and pilasters. A rectangular vestry is located on both sides of the semi-circular apse. All the vault-bearing arches are pointed. The sanctuary, whose windows open from its eastern (3), northern (2) and western (1) facades, is built of undressed and roughly-hewn stone and mortar. Its pillars, pilasters, vault-bearing arches and cornerstones are finely-finished. The walls bear some khachkars part of which is inscribed.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 265.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration

A single distorted line in the Armenian original carved on the facade-bearing stone of the church entrance:
This Holy Cross stands in memory of Mar...
The Armenian original published in: Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 310; Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum, part 5. Compiled by Barkhudarian, S. Yerevan, 1982, p. 274.
Note: The name can be deciphered as ‘Margar,’ ‘Marian,’ etc.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 266.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration

Engraved near the aforementioned one:
This Holy Cross to Amirkhan.
The Armenian original published in: Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 310; Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum, part 5. Compiled by Barkhudarian, S. Yerevan, 1982, p. 274.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 266.

Khachkar