St. Grigor Church (Kulus)

St. Grigor Church was an Armenian church located in the village of Kulus (Shahbuz District) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.[1] It was located in the southwestern part of the village.[1][2]

St. Grigor Church
Սուրբ Գրիգոր եկեղեցի
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LocationKülüs
CountryAzerbaijan
DenominationArmenian Apostolic Church
History
StatusDestroyed
Founded13th or 14th century
Architecture
Stylebasilica
Demolished1997–2009

History

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The church was founded in the 13th or 14th century and was renovated in 1657.[2][3]

Architecture

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It was a basilica-style church consisting of two aisles and a nave, an apse, two vestries, and a hall. Entryways were on the west and south. There were Armenian inscriptions on the interior. Its distinctive roof, with a curved form that gives the impression of a dome, is characteristic of the Persian-Armenian community of Isfahan.[2][3]

Destruction

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The church was a standing monument in the late Soviet period.[1] It was listed on the 1988 list of Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Azerbaijan SSR under inventory number 2853.[1] The church was destroyed at some point between 1997 and November 11, 2009, as documented by Caucasus Heritage Watch.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Khatchadourian, Lori; Smith, Adam T.; Ghulyan, Husik; Lindsay, Ian (2022). Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies: Ithaca, NY. pp. 386–389. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, p. 142.
  3. ^ a b Ayvazian, Argam. The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, pp. 111–112.