St. Gevorg Monastery (Khanagah)

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
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LocationXanəgah, Julfa
CountryAzerbaijan
DenominationArmenian Apostolic Church
History
StatusDestroyed
Founded9th century
Architecture
DemolishedOctober 7, 2001 – November 11, 2009

History

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The 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

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The 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

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The 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c Ayvazyan, Argam. The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, pp. 60–61.
  3. ^ a b Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, p. 76.