St. Hakob Church :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

St. Hakob Church

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Pokr Khanchali

Historical Introduction
1850 y․

St. Hakob Church is mentioned as early as the 1850s.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 531.

Architectural Description

Its gable roof is inwardly supported by two pairs of circular columns. The only entrance to the church (exterior dimensions: 16.80 x 10.33 metres, wall thickness: 90 centimetres) opens from its western facade. Its northern wall retains a font representing a single block of stone.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 531.

Repairs
1875 y․

It underwent major overhaul in 1875—it was thoroughly rebuilt with finely-finished stone in its western facade, and with hewn stone in all the other ones.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 531.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Construction

The inscription which follows below is engraved on, and around, the tympanum of the monument:
Ի ՀԱՅՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹԵԱՆ ԳԷՎՈՐՔ ԵՒ ՎԷ(Հ)ԱՓ(ԱՌ)Ի ՍՐԲԱԶԱՆ ԿԱԹՈՂ(Ի)Կ(Ո)Ս ԱՄ(ԵՆԱՅ)Ն Հ(Ա)ՅՈՑ Ի Ս(ՈՒՐ)Բ ԷՋՄԻԱԾԻՆ, ՓՈՔՐ ԽԱՆՉԱԼԻ ԳԻՒՂԻ Ս(ՈՒՐ)Բ ՅԵԿԵՂԵՑԻՍ Է ՀԱՅՈՑ ԵՒ ԿԱ[Ի]ՌՈՒՑԵԱԼ Է ԳԸԼԽԱՅԴԻՐ | Ս(ՈՒՐ)Բ ՅԱԿՕԲԱՅ ԱՆՈՒԱՄԲՆ ԱԽԸԼՑԸԽԱՅՈՒ ՔԱՂԱՔԻ ԱՒԱԶԱՆ ՈՐԴԻ Ս(Ր)Բ(Ա)ԶԱՆ ԳՐԻԳՈՐ ԱՐՔԵՊԻՍԿՈՊՈՍ ՍԱՔԻ(ՆԵ)ԱՆ ՕԾԵԱ|Լ Է Ս(ՈՒՐ)Բ ԵԿԵՂԵՑԻՍ | ՀԱՅՈՑ Է ԱՅՍ ԵԿ(Ե)ՂԵՑԻ: Ա(ՍՏՈՒԱ)Ծ ... | Յ(ԻՍՈՒ)ՍԻ ...ՍԻ | ... Տ(Է)Ր ՎԱՐԴԱՆ ...|ԵՍԵԱՆ ՄԵ...ԶԱՆԻ ...ԱՐՈՎ ԱՇԽ(ԱՏԵԱ)Լ: Transl.: In the times of Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Gevorg [residing] in Holy Echmiatzin, the sacred Armenian church of Pokr Khanchali Village was built and dedicated to Saint Hakob. It was blessed by the Most Reverend Archbishop Grigor Sakinian of Akhaltskha City... This is an Armenian church. God... Jesus... Father Vardan...

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, pp. 531-532. Note: It is impossible to translate the ending of the inscription.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Consecration 1875 y․

Carved south of the church entrance:
ԻՄ ՍԻՐԵԼԻ ԺՈՂՈՎՈՒՐԴ|ՈՅ ՄԻԾԱԶԱՆԻՒ ԱՇԽԱՏ|ՈՒԹԵԱՄԲ | ԱՐԴԱՐԱՏԱԴ ԱՐԴԵԱՆՑ ԵՒ Ծ(Ա)ԽՈՒՑ ԵԿ(Ե)Ղ(Ե)ՑԻ | ՕԾԵԱԼ ՎԱՐԱՔԱ Ս(ՈՒՐ)Բ Խ(Ա)ՉԻ ՕՐԸՆ: Ի 1875 ԱՄԻ Ս(Ե)ԿՏ(ԵՄ)Բ(Ե)ՐԻ ...28: Transl.: The church was consecrated through my dear people’s strenuous efforts, honestly-earned means and expenses on the Day of the Holy Cross of Varag. ...28 September 1875.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 532.

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

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

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

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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Its entrance opening from its western facade

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

Type Measurement
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
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