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Church 17 c․

NKR / Karvajar / Jermaghbyur

Architectural Description

A vaulted one nave basilica of the XVII cent. built of coarse stone and mortar is still standing (external dimensions: 14.5x7.80 m). The only tympanum in the southern wall is decorated with three fine khachkars. Two of them were inscribed, one contained also inscriptions of two lines on the pedestal, and four lines on the body of the cross.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 42.

Description

Both, the church and khachkars are described in the article of Tofic Abdullayev titled “An Albanian Church in Kalbajar”. The author intended to convince the reader that the church was built by Christian Albanians - ancestors of the modern Azerbaijanians.

"Elm-ve Hayat" (Science and Life), 1987, N 3, p. 20-21 (inAzerb.) S. Karapetian, The Church of Kilisa, Hayreniki dzayn, 1993, N 26, p. 5 (in Arm.); Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 43.

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

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative

Type Measurement
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative