Sourb Astvatzatzin Church :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Sourb Astvatzatzin Church 1885 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Getishen

Architectural Description

Amidst its ruins, a church of large dimensions could be distinguished: “…the building, whose roof is dilapidated now, rests on six pillars, its length amounting to 20 metres 2 centimetres.”

Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 294.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 151.

Historical Introduction
1885 y․

An archive document of 1885 mentions this sanctuary by the name of Sourb Astvatzatzin.