Cemetery :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Cemetery

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Gandzak / Gandzak / Kilisakyand

Location

At the close of the century, Gandzak’s (indeed, we mean Nor Gandzak dating from 1606) oldest grave-yard extended around St. Hovhannes Church.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 57.

Historical Introduction
1887 y․

A record of 1887 states the following, “Some 50 to 60 years ago, before the establishment of the present-day grave-yards, called Nerki and Barkhudarants, funerals were held in a cemetery located within 30 feet of the local main church of St. Hovhannes.”