Church :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Church 1914 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Khachakap-Armavir

Historical Introduction
1896 y․

By 1896 the plan and estimate of expenses of the construction of the future church had been finally worked out. Its trustees stated that “...besides the amount necessary for the purchase of stone and lime, we also need three thousand rubles which we can hardly raise...” The expenses of the entire work totaled 3,096 rubles 4 kopecks.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3340, p. 7, 29.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 397-398.

Indeed, it would take a long time to complete the sanctuary, but the delay of work was not due to any building problems. Being a newly-founded village, Nor Armavir had not been officially registered and given status yet so that first of all, the local people had to obtain permission for the erection of the monument: “...let the residents of that village know that the construction of the church cannot be allowed, for the appropriate bodies of power have not officially approved the establishment of Norashen-Khachakap Village.”

National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 9524, p. 11.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 398.

1903 y․

Permit for the foundation of the church was granted only after 1903.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 9524, p. 9.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 398.

1914 y․

In 1914 leader of Gandzak Diocese Bishop Levon blessed the newly-erected sanctuary.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 409, list 1, file 2644, p. 22.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 398.

1928 y․

It closed on the order of the Soviet authorities in 1928.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 409, list 1, file 2658, p. 12.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 398.

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The project of a church to be built in the village (1896)