St. Gr. Lusavorich Monastery (Shurud)
St. Gr. Lusavorich Monastery was an Armenian monastery located in the village of Shurud (Julfa District) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.[1] The monastery was located 1.5–2 km northeast of the village.[1][2][3]
| St. Gr. Lusavorich Monastery | |
|---|---|
Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ վանք | |
| Location | Şurud |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Denomination | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| History | |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Basilica |
| Demolished | 1997–2006 |
History
The founding date of the monastery is unknown. According to an Armenian inscription on the bell tower, the people of Shurud renovated the church in 1708; renovated again at the end of the 18th century and the middle of the 19th.[2][3]
Architecture
At the late Soviet period, the monastery's auxiliary buildings, its school, and outer walls were in ruins. It was a basilica structure with a gabled roof, hall, five-sided apse, and two vestries, with a porch at the western facade. The bell tower bore an Armenian inscription. Ornamentation included decorative sculptural elements near the entrance and wall paintings of 17th or 18th century date.[2][3]
Destruction
The monastery was razed to ground at some point between 1997 and June 15, 2006, as documented by investigation of the Caucasus Heritage Watch.[1]
References
- 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. 260–263. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.
- Ayvazyan, Argam. The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, pp. 79–80.
- Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, p. 92.