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Svretsik Village Site

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Ghotyul

Location

The village site of Sevretsik, once known as a centre of manuscript writing, is situated in an elevated plain lying on the right bank of the river Shamkor, 2.5 kilometres south-west of the village.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p.154.

Historical Introduction
1660 y․

It is first mentioned in a manuscript of 1660 as the place where it was created: “…The Holy Gospel was copied … in Savuretsik Village of Gyanja, … in the year 1660 of the Armenian era, under Aghvank Catholicos Petros, Father Superior of Charek Monastery Archimandrite Sargis and spiritual leader of Gyanja Archimandrite Khachatur. …I am humble scribe Sargis, who does not deserve the title of priest.”

Yerevan Repository of Manuscripts after M. Mashtots: A Collection of Patriarchal Documents (henceforward: Patriarchal Documents), folder 1, document 79, in Armenian.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 154.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Savuretsik