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 | |
| Location | Külüs |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Denomination | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| History | |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Founded | 13th or 14th century |
| Architecture | |
| Style | basilica |
| Demolished | 1997–2009 |
Architecture
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
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
- 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.
- Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, p. 142.
- Ayvazian, Argam. The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, pp. 111–112.