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Church

NKR / Aghdam / Vankasar

Location

2 km north of the Vankasar church, on the rocky slope of a mount at the bank of the Khachen River, there was a cave chapel.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 212.

Architectural Description

It's with interior dimensions are: L8.0 x W3.5 x H4.7 m. The altar cut in the eastern side of the church occupied 2 sq. m only.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 212.

Description
1970 y․

The chapel had a small stone platform in the front; simple relief crosses adorned its walls. The ruins of a medieval Armenian cemetery were situated a little below the chapel. The cave church, as well as the cemetery, was investigated in 1970 by R. Geyushev and N. Guliyev, who labeled these monuments as Albanian.

R. B. Geyushev, N. M. Guliyev, On the Cave Temple of the Caucasian Albania (Materials of the Session on the Results of Archaeological Investigations of 1971 in Azerbaijan, Baky, 1972) (in Azerb.); R. B. Geyushev, Christianity in the Caucasian Albania, Baku, 1984, p. 98-99 (in Russian).
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, pp. 212-213.