Church :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Church 16 — 17 cc․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Getabek / Pokr Gharamurat

Location

The church is situated on an elevation at the north-western extremity of Pokr Gharamurat.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 282.

Architectural Description
16 — 17 cc․

The church (exterior dimensions: 20.45 x 13.95 metres), which is now semi-destroyed, is built of undressed and roughly-finished stone and mortar. A uni-nave, vaulted basilica with architectural peculiarities typical of the 16th to 17th centuries, it has a vestry on both sides of the bema. All the walls of the church have survived to a height of 1 to 1.5 metres, with the exception of the eastern one, which is completely intact. On this side are preserved three narrow, oblong windows that widen inside, with a two-line inscription carved on the lower part of the finely-finished frame of the central one. The only entrance of the sanctuary opens in the south, with those of the vestries opening into the prayer-hall. A finely-cut 3-metre-long octahedral obelisk serves as a facade-bearing stone for the church: one of its facets bears a cross relief and an inscription, which were probably added during the construction of the church.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 282-283.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration

2 lines in the Armenian original carved ûn the lower part of the frame of a window opening from the bema, i.e. the eastern facade of the church:
May this Holy Cross protect Mkhitar, ... son. Amen.
Note: Certain letters are broken to pieces.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 283.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

The inscribed frame of a window opening from its eastern

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the south-east
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
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Direction From the east
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch

Type Photo
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Direction From the south
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
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Direction From the south
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
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Direction From the east
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․