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Sourb Astvatzatzin (Holy Virgin) Church 1830 y․

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Merenia

Foundation
1830 y․

Sourb Astvatzatzin (Holy Virgin) Church of Merenia was erected in the 1830s: “...the Armenians have reconstructed the church of Merenia from its very foundations...”

Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 56, ց. 1, գ. 306, թ. 13։ Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 393.

Earthquakes
1899 y․

In the aftermath of the earthquake of 19 December 1899, Sourb Astvatzatzin Church collapsed, but it was restored within several years’ time.

Мушкетов И., Материалы по ахалкалакскому землетрясению 19-ого декабря 1899 г., “Труды Геологоческаго комитета”, Новая серия, вып 1, СПБ, 1903, էջ 26։ Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 393.

Description

The sanctuary represented a stone-built monument with a wooden roof.

«Արձագանք», 1885, N 3, էջ 43։ Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 393.

As of 2006, it was in a state of the utmost decrepitude and in emergency condition.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 393.

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

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