Tekhkut Chapel :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Tekhkut Chapel

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Shamkhor / Bada

Location

Tekhkut Chapel situated on the slope of a hill rising a kilometre south-west of Bada.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 460.

Historical Introduction
1969 y․

It represents a small rectangular building which underwent major overhaul in 1969.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 460.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Repairs

An inscription, preserved on one of the interior walls of the sanctuary, attests that originally a church used to be located in its site:
In the year ... of the Armenian era, I, V..., repaired this church. May you who read this remember me in your prayers.
The Armenian original published in: Karapetian, S. The Historical Monuments of Northern Artsakh. In: “Lragir,” 1995, N 37, p. 6.
Note: The inscription dates from the period between the 16th and 17th centuries.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 460.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․