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Sourb Astvatzatzin Church

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Pib

Historical Introduction

Nor Pib had three churches, the oldest of which was known by the name of Sourb Astvatzatzin: “The village’s ancient church, which has a wooden roof…”

Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 298.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 211.

1790 y․

The sanctuary, mentioned in archive documents in 1790, 1815, 1823, 1860753 and 1885, had the following inscriptions:

National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3833, pp. 130-133; National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3834, pp. 22-23; National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3877, p. 29.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 211.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1687 y․

Incised into a wooden pillar:
During the reign of Melik Hakhnazar. ...may you pray for Hrapet, his sons Pal, Sargis, the late Father Ghazar [as well as] his mother Narkiz, in the year 1687.
The Armenian original published in: Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 298. In:

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 211.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1670 y․

Carved on one of the walls of the church:
May the Holy Virgin protect Father Stepanos, in the year 1670.
The Armenian original published in: Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 298.