St. George Church :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

St. George Church

NKR / Kashatagh / Hayri

Historical Introduction

The single nave vaulted church of St. George is still standing in the village. The first to provide the detailed description of the church was E. Lalayan, who stated that the Muslims settling in Herik used it as a hayloft. During the Soviet period the church was still used as a hayloft owing to which it was preserved. It is built of coarse stone and mortar.

"Anthropological Magazine", vol. 4, N 2, Tiflis, 1898, p. 49 (in Arm.).
Before the liberation of the area the assimilated Kurds residing in the village maned this church "Pir Gevorg" (St. George). Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 129.

Architectural Description

The only entrance is in the southern facade. It has no sacristies. Gable roof covered by earth, and the vault are supported by a couple of pilasters. The baptism font is in its traditional place - within the northern wall. The walls are 1,3 m wide, exterior dimensions of the building reach 16,3 x 9,7 m. To decorate the walls the masons reused the neighboring tomb and khachkars. Particularly, a khachkar is fastened into the tympanum over the entrance, another cross made of yellow lime stone is fastened in the eastern corner of the entrance (dimensions: 162 x 84 x 30 cm).

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 129.

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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Pir George