Sourb Harutiun (Holy Resurrection) Church :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Sourb Harutiun (Holy Resurrection) Church

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Chamdura

Historical Introduction
1830 y․

As early as the 1830s, a number of archive documents make mention of a village church named Sourb Harutiun (Holy Resurrection).

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 416.

1897 y․

In 1897 it was intended to replace the wooden belfry of the sanctuary with a stone-built one: “...on 15 June, Architect Nikoghayos Grigorian came to our village together with Officer Bozoyants and visited our church. Seeing its simple belfry of wood, he urged the peasants to destroy it and erect a new rotunda of stone, especially given the fact that some of their fellow villagers were stonemasons and skilled masters of rotunda-building. Consulting each other for a long time, the villagers eventually pledged themselves to construct a new long rotunda.”

«Նոր-Դար, 1897, N 105, էջ 2: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 416.

Repairs
1852 y․

In 1852 the monument underwent thorough reconstruction, after which this year came to be considered as marking its foundation.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 416.

1933 y․

Thanks to repeated repairs, Sourb Harutiun Church was preserved standing until the Soviet years. In 1933, however, its dilapidated building was reduced to the ground instead of being renovated. As of 2006, only the bases of 3 pairs of pillars were preserved in the site of the monument.