Holy Zion Church :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Holy Zion Church

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Vachian

Location

Holy Zion Church is situated in Vachian.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 473.

Historical Introduction
1830 y․

From the 1830s onwards, the available sources make repeated references to it.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 473.

Description
1887 y․

It used to represent a stone building with a wooden roof, and is mentioned as “quite a fine-looking newly-erected church” in 1887.

«Արձագանք», 1885, N 3, էջ 41: «Նոր-Դար», 1887, N 174, էջ 2: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 473.

1914 y․

By 1914 its roof had reached a state of disrepair so that it was planned to renovate it with 1,200 roubles from its own budget. As of 2006, Holy Zion Church was in a ruined state.

Հայաստանի ազգային դիվան (National Archives of Armenia), ֆ. 53, ց. 1, գ. 3459, թ. 1-6, ֆ. Պ-56, ց. 18, գ. 994, թ. 1, «Արարատ», 1914, էջ 881: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 473.

Cross Relief

Type Photo
View Exterior
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․

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