Church :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Church 10 — 11 cc․

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Hokam

Location

The only vestiges of the uni-nave church once standing in the centre of the village and thoroughly built of large blocks of finely-dressed stone are the remnants of its southern wall.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 341.

Description
1870 y․

In 1870 the Armenian Consistory of Georgia and Imeret informed the Synod of Echmiatzin that the sanctuary was in a state of dilapidation: “...the church of the Turkish-inhabited village of Hogam stands neglected and in a state of decrepitude...”

Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 56, ց. 1, գ. 306: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 341.

10 — 11 cc․

The masonry and composition of the monument, as well as its building peculiarities trace it back to the period between the 10th and 11th centuries.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, pp. 341-342.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

The remains of a medieval church preserved in the centre of the village

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

The remains of a medieval church preserved in the centre of the village

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

The remains of a medieval church preserved in the centre of the village