Sourb Amenaprkich Church :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Sourb Amenaprkich Church 17 c․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Kamo

Historical Introduction

Before that displacement, the village site of Baghshik retained a semi-ruined church that evidently dated back to the 17th century. Its walls bore some older fragments and khachkars attesting that the village once had an earlier church.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 395.

1885 y․

That sanctuary, mentioned by the name of Sourb Amenaprkich in an archive document of 1885.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3877, p. 29.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 395.

Architectural Description

It represented a uni-nave vaulted structure (exterior dimensions: 17.40 x 8.65 metres) of gable roof, with its only entrance opening from its southern facade. The vault, now lying in ruins, used to be supported by arches resting on two pairs of pilasters. The sanctuary had six windows, three of them opening from the east, two from the south and one from the west. The entrance and the eastern window of the southern facade were reconstructed in the late 19th century. The entire monument was built of undressed stone and mortar, except for the cornerstones that were finely-cut. Its walls bore more than ten ornate khachkars and several tombstones dating from the 12th to 17th centuries.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 395-396.

Type Measurement
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch

The plan of Sourb Amenaprkich Church

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View General
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Interior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Partial view
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Detail
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the north-east
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the south-west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1989 y․

Type Photo
Direction From the north-west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1989 y․

Type Photo
Direction From the south-east
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1989 y․

Direction From the north-west
Author Frederick Belemont
Date 2007 y․

Author Frederick Berlemont
Source Colour Negative
Date 2007 y․