Sourb Harutiun Church :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Sourb Harutiun Church 1447 y․

Turkey / Van / Gyavash / Hingegh

Destruction

The main church of the monastery, Sourb Harutiun (Holy Resurrection), dated 1447. Was distroid in 26 October 2010, by a group of villains from Gyavash who were searching for gold in the sanctuary. This act of vandalism was being perpetrated with the participation of the head of Hingegh (nowadays: Inkyoy¤ Village and the only shipmaster of this place, through the connivance of the local authorities. In former times, the sanctuary repeatedly underwent similar acts of barbarity: thus, there were finely-dressed stones, with an inscription commemorating the renovation of the monastery in 1447 through the efforts of Zakaria Catholicos of Aghtamar, laid above the window opening from the western facade of Sourb Harutiun Church; these stones were destroyed between 1976 and 2005. The monastic cemetery was in a state of utter ruin and disorder—as of 26 October 2010, the local cross-stones were overthrown and broken to pieces, the graves being dug out and defiled.

The Condition of Armenian Monuments in Western Armenia, "Vardzk," (Duty of Soul), N 2, 2010, Yerevan, p. 62.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the east
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 2005 y․

The main church of the monastery, Sourb Harutiun (Holy Resurrection), dated 1447, from the east in 2005.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 2010 y․

On 26 October 2010, at the moment of its destruction by a group of villains from Gyavash who were searching for gold in the sanctuary.

Type Photo
View Interior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 2010 y․

On 26 October 2010, at the moment of its destruction by a group of villains from Gyavash who were searching for gold in the sanctuary.

Type Photo
View Interior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 2010 y․

On 26 October 2010, at the moment of its destruction by a group of villains from Gyavash who were searching for gold in the sanctuary.