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Nor Church

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Burnashet

Historical Introduction
1890 y․

The inhabitants of Burnashen made up their minds to replace the existing older church of their village with a new one in the early 1890s: “...It has been calculated that the new church will require about 7 thousand roubles, but the church has managed to collect only 3,600 roubles during all these years...” An estimate made up in 1896 envisaged that the expenses of the construction would total 5,117 roubles, but as the villagers also intended to build some rooms and a spring, they had to turn “...to their compatriots for help” (1906). In 1905 the Synod of Echmiatzin declared that the supreme spiritual authorities did not see any obstacles for the erection of this church: “On 5 August, the Synod decided to send the plan of the church of Burnashet Village of Akhalkalak District to the Consistory of Georgia and Imeret together with the permission of its foundation granted by the supreme powers.” In 1907 the construction of the sanctuary stopped due to the shortage of financial means. Probably, it remained unfinished, for its building, which is preserved standing nowadays, still looks incomplete.

«Նոր-Դար», 1894, N 131։Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3335, թ. 15, 54, 58։ «Արարատ», 1905, էջ 785: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 132.

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

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

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

The entrance opening from its southern facade