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Vosketel Pilgrimage Site

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Getishen

Location

Situated on the right bank of the river Getishen.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 149-150.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

In the late 19th century, the pilgrimage site of Vosketel, represented “A small chapel of a wooden roof. No records concerning it are available: people remember a legend according to which a golden-haired virgin once suffered martyrdom in this grave reposes.” In 1980 only some vestiges reminded of the existence of the sanctuary: instead, a small cross-stone dating from the 9th to 10th centuries could be found there.

‘Vosketel’ is the Armenian equivalent for ‘Golden-haired’: presumably, hence derives the name of the pilgrimage site.
Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 293.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 149-150.