St. Minas Church :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

St. Minas Church

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Kajo

Earthquakes
1899 y․

The notorious earthquake of 1899 did not bypass this church.

Мушкетов И., Материалы по ахалкалакскому землетрясению 19-ого декабря 1899 г., “Труды Геологоческаго комитета”, Новая серия, вып 1, СПБ, 1903, стр. 22. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 281.

Description
1863 y․

All the available archive documents dating back to the period prior to the year 186361 state that Kajo did not have a parish church. The earliest record bearing reference to St. Minas Church traces back to 1867 and mentions it as a monument “...built of stone and covered with wood...” In 1896 the sanctuary underwent renovation.

Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան, (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3843, գ. 3851: «Արձագանք», 1885, N 3, էջ 43։ Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 281.

As of 2006, it was preserved standing, although it was in a state of dilapidation.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 281.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1896 y․

ՅԻՇԱՏԱԿ Է | ԽԱՉՍ ԳՐԻ|ԳՈՐ ՏԷՐ ՈՒՆՏՈ|ՆՈՎ ... 1896 ԱՄԻ: Transl.: This Cross perpetuates the memory of Grigor Ter-Untonov... year 1896.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 281.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the north-west
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․

A partial views of its western facade

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

A partial views of its wooden roof

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

An inscription carved on its western facade: