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Of Priest Yermoghia Monastery

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Nor Azat

Location

The monastery of Priest Yermoghia (Suluk Monastery) is situated on the left, i.e. south-facing, side of Suluk Gorge, 2 kilometres west of Azat.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 341.

Historical Introduction
1987 y․

During our visit (1987), it represented a heap of ruins with several displaced and broken cross-stones.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 341.

Description
1891 y․

In 1891 the sanctuary was described in the following way, “...it is built of undressed stone. Although its roof has fallen its four walls remain standing.”

Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 270.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 341.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Construction 1279 y․

The monastery also preserved its tympanum with the following important inscription:
In the year 1279, we, Mkhitar and Tiratzer, built this church under Aghvank Catholicos Stepanos.
The Armenian original published in: Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 270; Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 317; Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum, part 5. Compiled by Barkhudarian, S. Yerevan, 1982, p. 247.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 341.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Construction

Engraved “a little above the door” of the monastery:
To Apagha Yelch Khan and Kharaynakh ... built this church.
The Armenian original published in: Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 270; Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 318.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 341.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration

“The chapel retained a grave whose tombstone was broken. Putting the fragments together, we read the following”:
In this grave reposes my son-in-law (?) Hasan, the son of Sa.
The Armenian original published in: Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 270.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 341.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Suluk Cloister