List_of_Armenian_Apostolic_Churches_in_Nakhichevan

List of Armenian churches in Azerbaijan

List of Armenian churches in Azerbaijan

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List of Armenian Apostolic churches in Azerbaijan.

Baku

Dashkasan

Ganja

  • Church of St. Karapet (Middle Ages) - ruin
  • Church of St. John the Baptist (1633) - destroyed
  • Church of the All-Savior (17th century) - destroyed; in its place is a medical college
  • Church of Saint Sargis church (18th century) - destroyed
  • Church of the Holy Mother of God (18th century) - destroyed
  • Church of St. Thaddaeus (18th century - destroyed; in the place of the church is a cinema

Shaki

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

Nakhichevan cultural sites map

A complete list of known Armenian Apostolic churches in Nakhichevan built since the adoption of Christianity in Armenia would include more than 280 churches.[2] Recent reports have alleged that probably all of the Armenian churches in Nakhchivan that were still standing in the decade before the collapse of the Soviet Union were destroyed by Azerbaijan in the aftermath of the Nagorno-Karabakh war. A 2006 report about a visit made to Nakhchivan in 2005 stated that of the five churches visited all were found to have been completely destroyed, in particular the 14th-century St. Karapet monastery in Abrakunis, and the 17th-century St. Hakop-Hayrapet church in Shurut.[3][4][5] Azerbaijan has repeatedly barred on-site investigation of the condition of Armenian monuments in the region by outside groups.[6]

Armenians divided the region into 5 gavars (regions): Goghtn, Yernjak, Nakhichevan, Chahuk-Shahaponq and Sharur.

Goghtn region

Number of known Armenian churches in Goghtn was 94.

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Yernjak

Number of known Armenian churches in Ernjak was 68.

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Nakhichevan

Number of known Armenian churches in Nakhichevan gavar was 34.

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Chahuk-Shahaponq

Number of known Armenian churches in Chahuk-Shahaponq was 71.

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Sharur

Number of known Armenian churches in Sharur was 17.

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Qazakh

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References

  1. Thomas de Waal: Black Garden – Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War. New York University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-8147-1944-9, p. 103.
  2. "NAKHIJEVAN. A historical and geographical survey". Research on Armenian Architecture. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. The Destruction of Julfa and the Entire Armenian Cultural Heritage in Nakhijevan Parliamentary Group Switzerland-Armenia (ed), Bern, 2006. Pages 6 & 7. Quote from page 7, chapter titled "Memorandum submitted to UNESCO": "The destruction of Jugha is not a unique case in this remote province of Nakhijevan. ...what he discovered there convinced him that a deliberate state policy of destruction was carried out throughout all Nakhijevan".
  4. Monumental Effort: Scotsman wants to prove Azeri policy of cultural destruction in Nakhijevan, Gayane Mkrtchyan, ArmeniaNow, 2 September 2005. http://www.armenianow.com/features/5782/monumental_effort_scotsman_wants_t Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Quote: "But a special state policy of destruction is being implemented in Azerbaijan. In Turkey, after 90 years of staying empty, there are still standing churches today, meanwhile in Nakhijevan, all have been destroyed within just 10 years."
  5. L'Azerbaïdjan face au désastre culturel: L'Unesco reste impuissante face à la nouvelle campagne que mène le gouvernement azéri pour effacer toute trace de la culture arménienne sur son sol Sylvain Besson, Le Temps, 4 November 2006.
  6. http://shr.aaas.org/geotech/azerbaijan/azerbaijan.sdoc High-Resolution Satellite Imagery and the Destruction of Cultural Artifacts in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. AAAS. 8 December 2010. Quote: "Given that Azerbaijan has barred on-site investigation by outside groups, AAAS acquired and analyzed high-resolution satellite imagery to assess whether damage to the artifacts occurred."
  • Argam Ayvazyan: "Nakhijevan - The Patkeratzuytz (Map of Monuments)" ISBN 978-99930-4-757-5, Yerevan 2007

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