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St. Hreshtakapetats Church 1830 y․

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Akana

Foundation
1830 y․

Sourb Hreshtakapetats (Holy Archangels’) Church, which was founded in the 1830s.

Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 457, թ. 42-67: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 80.

Repairs
1905 y․

In 1905 the sanctuary was reconstructed with undressed and finely-finished (only the western facade) stone. This year is engraved above its entrance.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 80.

Description
1899 y․

Sourb Hreshtakapetats (Holy Archangels’) Church, which was founded in the 1830s, used to represent a stone building with a wooden roof. The earthquake of 19 December 1899 put it into an emergency condition, totally annihilating its belfry.

«Արձագանք», 1885, N 3, էջ 43: Мушкетов И., Материалы по ахалкалакскому землетрясению 19-ого декабря 1899 г., “Труды Геологоческаго комитета”, Новая серия, вып 1, СПБ, 1903, էջ 23։ Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 80.

Inscription, Georgian Mesropian, Engraved, Commemoration

A substantially distorted Georgian Mesropian inscription is preserved on a stone fragment (its edges are crumbled) set in the southern wall of the church:
ო(ჳფალ)ო ღ(მერთ)ო ბასილ... | ჰ(ა)კ(ო)ბ აკნელი მ... | მი... | ... შ... Transl.: Oh, God, Basil... Hakob Aknetsy...

Published in: ბერძენიშვილი დ., ნარკვევები საქართველოს ისტორიული გეოგრაფიიდან. ზემო ქართლი - თორი, ჯავახეთი, თბილისი, 1985, էջ 129: ბერძენიშვილი დ., ”ახალქალაქი ჯავახეთისაჲ”, էջ 33: “ჯავახეთი. ისტორიულ-ხუროთმოძღვრული გზამკვლევი”, էջ 81: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 80. Misreading: D. Berdzenishvili read only this much in the first publication of the inscription: აკნელი, His re-publication of the inscription is as follows: ბასილი აკანელი: In "ჯავახეთი. ისტორიულ-ხუროთმოძღვრული გზამკვლევი" we find this version: უფალო ღმერთო ბასილი ჰკ (?) ჲ აკნელი მმი ესე შ... Note: The stylistic peculiarities of the inscription trace it back to the 10th century. D. Berdzenishvili attributed it to the 6th to 7th centuries in his first publication, but abstained from presenting precise dating in the second one. In 1997 he failed to notice the inscription, and this gave him grounds to consider it obliterated.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative

A fragment engraved with a Georgian Mesropian inscription set in the southern facade of Sourb Hreshtakapetats (Holy Archangels’) Church.

Type Copied Lapidary Inscription
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Graphical Drawing

Type Photo
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Direction From the west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Photo
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Direction From the south-west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

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

A khachkar (17th to 18th cents.) on the southern wall of the church.

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

A cross relief on the western wall of the church.

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

A cross relief set in the southern facade of Sourb Hreshtakapetats (Holy Archangels’) Church.