St. Pandalion Chapel :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

St. Pandalion Chapel 1857 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Azat

Location

The chapel of St. Pandalion (Pand, Pandavank) towers at the top of Mount Pand, at an altitude of 2,108 metres, 5.5 kilometres south-west of Azat.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 342.

Historical Introduction

It was a famous site of pilgrimage for the Armenians of both the adjacent and remote villages. Below follow some records attesting this: “From June till the end of August, groups of pilgrims visit a sanctuary known by the name of St. Pantaleon. It is located on a lofty mountain rising thirty-five miles south of the city. In 1857 Father Sargis Ter-Azariants built a fine church there with his own means.” “...the chapel of Pantaleon is generally visited by large multitudes of pilgrims, especially during the feast of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin. That day a great number of believers from Gandzak City and the nearby places gather there, all the income received being allocated to Getashen’s Armenian spiritual school.”

“Krunk Hayots Ashkhari,” Tiflis, 1861, p. 365.
“Ardzagank,” 1886, No. 20, p. 294.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 342.

Architectural Description

The chapel of St. Pandalion (exterior dimensions: 7.36 x 4.36 metres) represents a uni-nave vaulted monument entirely built of finely-cut stone. Its masonry suggests that no older building originally stood in its site.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 342.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Construction 1856 y․

The following inscription, 8 lines in the Armenian original, can be read above the tympanum of its only entrance opening from the western facade:
This chapel of St. Pantaleon was built in 1856 with the means of Priest Sargis Ter-Azarian from Gandzak in memory of his son Mkrtich. Repaired in 1896 through the efforts of Mamikon Hovhannessian Ter-Sargissian and the assistance of his people under Catholicos of All Armenians His Holiness Mkrtich I (Hayrik).

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 342.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the south-west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the north-east
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative

Type Measurement
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch

The plan of the chapel of St. Pandalion

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the north-east
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1985 y․

Direction From the north-west

Direction From the south-west

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Pand
Pandavank