St. Gevorg Monastery was a ruinous Armenian monastery located near Khanagah village (Julfa District) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.[1] The monastery was located on a hill, approximately 3 km northeast of Yernjak (Alinja) fortress.[2]
| St. Gevorg Monastery | |
|---|---|
Սուրբ Գևորգ վանք | |
 | |
| Location | Xanəgah, Julfa |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Denomination | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| History | |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Founded | 9th century |
| Architecture | |
| Demolished | October 7, 2001 – November 11, 2009 |
History
editThe monastery was founded in the 9th century; in 841 a church council met here. It is mentioned by the 13th-century historian Stepanos Orbelian. It was renovated in the 14th and 17th centuries.[2][3]
Architecture
editThe monastery was a vaulted building with a single-chamber nave. It had a semicircular apse, entryways in the northern and western facades, a vestry along the northern facade, and a porch on the west.[2][3]
Destruction
editThe monastery was in ruins in the late Soviet period and the ruins were still intact on October 7, 2001.[1] However, by November 11, 2009, the foundations of the monastery had been razed, the blocks removed, and the site graded, as documented by investigation of the Caucasus Heritage Watch.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Khatchadourian, Lori; Smith, Adam T.; Ghulyan, Husik; Lindsay, Ian (2022). Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies: Ithaca, NY. pp. 206–207. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.
- ^ a b c Ayvazyan, Argam. The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, pp. 60–61.
- ^ a b Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, p. 76.