St. Hovhannes Church :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

St. Hovhannes Church 1607 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Artzvashen

Historical Introduction
1607 y․

St. Hovhannes “the church of the former inhabitants of the village.”

Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 311.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 555.

Repairs
1857 y․

It was built in 1607 and repaired in 1857. The sanctuary ceased functioning in the ‘80s of the 19th century.

“Nor-Dar,” 1888, No. 105, p. 3.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 555.

Architectural Description

It represented a small, uni-nave vaulted structure of undressed and roughly-finished stone.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 555.

Repairs
1991 y․

Some overhaul was planned to be implemented in the monument in 1991, as “...the section of its base adjoining the gorge has fallen apart threatening the entire monument with collapse into this ravine.”

Petrossian, A. Artzvashen: Its Past and Present. In: “Azatamart,” 1992, No. 1, p. 12.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 555.

Description
17 c․

The walls of St. Hovhannes Church bear a number of finely-adorned khachkars and tombstones dating back to the 17th century. Some of them are engraved with inscriptions most of which are distorted so that only certain years are intelligible.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 555.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 y․