The Prayer-House of Gandzak Station Prayer-House

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Gandzak / Gandzak

Historical Introduction
1899 y․

In 1899 the Armenian inhabitants of a quarter located in the city’s northern suburbs and adjoining the railway station of Gandzak intended to build a prayer-house for their spiritual needs. Interestingly enough, the land necessary for its construction had been willingly allocated by two Persian brothers, Mashadi Mamet-Japar Mirabov and Mamet Ali-Hyusein, both of them residents of Gandzak City.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 6, file 421, p. 24.
National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3444, p. 16.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 57.

1901 y․

The Catholicos of All Armenians addressed a bull of blessing to them for their donation. Despite the aforementioned, the building was not completed due to Gandzak’s clergymen’s imprudent policy.

National Archives of Armenia, fund ä56, list 18, file 421, pp. 24, 32.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 57.

1912 y․

As of 1912, the prayer-house still remained incomplete. It had a school which is known to have functioned in 1911. The available sources keep silence about the further fate of that house of worship.