Rectangular Grave-Stone :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Rectangular Grave-Stone 1877 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Mirzik

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1877 y․

Inscribed on a gravestone placed in the east of the monastery:
In this grave reposes Archimandrite Sargis Azariants, also called Kyandakirmaz, from Tpkhis. With stainless behaviour, he served as the shepherd of various monasteries of Gandzak District for more than 70 years and died at the age of 96 in Mirzik Village in 1877.
The Armenian original published in: Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 277.