St. Stepanos Church :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

St. Stepanos Church 1830 y․

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Korkh

Repairs
1884 y․

As of 1884, the monument again needed renovation. Probably, this very overhaul is commemorated in an inscription (two lines in the Armenian original) preserved on the eastern cornerstone of its southern facade.

«Արձագանք», 1885, N 3, էջ 43։ Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, pp. 307-308.

Description
1830 — 1848 yy․

Most presumably, the Armenian resettlers from Karin who took up residence in Korkh built a new stone church of a wooden roof in the site of an older sanctuary in the 1830s. It is mentioned by the names of St. Grigor Lusavorich (St. Gregory the Enlightener) in 1839, and St. Stepanos in 1840. This comes to suggest that it was either thoroughly rebuilt or repaired between 1839 and 1840. A short time after the completion of the monument, which had been erected with the scanty means of the local residents, it turned out to be in need of major overhaul. It is interesting to note that the Armenians of Korkh built it without the knowledge of the spiritual authorities to whom they applied only after its completion, in 1848 for permission to have it consecrated. The newly-accomplished sanctuary is described as follows: “...they have built a church of average dimensions whose walls are of stone and the roof is of wood...”

Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 56, ց. 3, գ. 457, թ. 42-67; idem, գ. 3800, թ. 4: Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 56, ց. 6, գ. 5, թ. 5: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 307.

2006 y․

As of 2006, St. Stepanos Church was preserved standing, although it was in a state of dilapidation and even in emergency condition.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 308.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1890 y․

Two lines in the Armenian original:
ԱՅՍ ԵՐԵԿ ՊԱՏԻ ՄԻԴԻՍԸ ԱԲՐԵԱՄ | ԱՎԱՔԵԱՆՑԻ ԻՇԱՏ(Ա)ԿՆ Է, 1890-ԻՆ: Transl.: The ashlar of these three walls is in memory of Abream Avakiants. In 1890.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 308.

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

Cross Relief

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 307.

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

A cross relief decorating its western facade

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

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

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
St. Grigor Lusavorich