Yamaji Zham Church :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Yamaji Zham Church

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Kokia

Location

This sanctuary, which is almost totally ruined, is known among the local people by the name of Yamaji Zham.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 299.

Architectural Description

Its surviving vestiges suggest that it was entirely built of finely-dressed stone (exterior dimensions: 11.0 x 7.0 metres).

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 299.

Description

Presumably, originally this church belonged to the Greek faith, but a nearby Armenian cemetery dating from the 15th to 16th centuries attests that it served as an Armenian Apostolic sanctuary at least during this period.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 299-300.

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

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

The main parts of its southern pilasters

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

The main parts of its northern pilasters

Type Measurement
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch