Harants Chapel :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Harants Chapel 1667 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Getabek / Getabek

Location

A chapel named Harants is situated at the top of a low hill rising north-west of the main buildings of the complex.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 231.

Historical Introduction
1667 y․

It represents a small, vaulted structure of finely-finished stone tracing back to 1667. A khachkar, once standing in front of its entrance but at present displaced, is engraved with a memorial inscription of 1740.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 231.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1667 y․

Incised inwardly into the “eastern” wall of Harants Chapel:
In the days of Catholicos Petros, in the year 1667 of the Armenian era, I, Christ’s humble servant Sargis the Archimandrite, erected this Holy Cross for the salvation of the souls of my parents, Father Hovhannes and Yeghisabet [as well as] for the salvation of my soul, and in memory of the monks who died here. May you pray for the repose of their souls and may God be merciful to them on the Doomsday. May you who read this remember Melkon and Paghtasar, the sculptors of this Holy Cross.
The Armenian original published in: “Ardzagank,” 1886, No. 23, p. 331; Jalaliants, S. A Travel to Great Armenia, part 1, Tpghis, 1842, p. 166; Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 314; Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, pp. 338-339; Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum, part 5. Compiled by Barkhudarian, S. Yerevan, 1982, p. 268.
Note: Kajikian’s (“Ardzagank”) decipherment is the most exhaustive among all these sources.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 233-234.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 y․

Harants chapel (17th cent.)