St. Stepanos Church (Ashaghy Aylis)

St. Stepanos or St. Yerordutyun Church was an Armenian church located located in the northwestern part of the Ashagy Aylis village (Ordubad district) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.[1][2][3] It was located next to St. Nshan Church.[1][2][3] It was still a standing monument in the 1980s and was completely erased by 2000.[4]

St. Stepanos or St. Yerrordutyun Church
Սուրբ Ստեփանոս (Երրորդություն) եկեղեցի
LocationAshaghy Aylis
CountryAzerbaijan
DenominationArmenian Apostolic Church
History
Founded12/13th century
Architecture
Styledomed basilica
Demolished1997-2000

History

The church was founded in the 12th or 13th century, it was renovated in the 17th century as well as in the 19th century, according to Armenian inscriptions found in the church.[1][3]

Architectural characteristics

The church was a domed basilica; a cupola with eight-sided drum rested atop the flat roof, the plan included a five-sided apse on the exterior and a porch at the west end.[2][1] The interior walls bore Armenian inscriptions and fragments of frescoes.[1][2]

Destruction

St. Stepanos Church was still a standing monument in the late Soviet period (the 1980s).[4] The church along with the adjacent St. Nshan Church was already completely erased by February 2000, as the investigation of the Caucasus Heritage Watch shows.[4]

See also

References
  1. Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, p. 32.
  2. Ayvazyan, Argam. Agulis: Patmamshakutayin hushardzanner. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1984, p. 46.
  3. Ayvazyan, Argam. The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, p. 24.
  4. Khatchadourian, Lori; Smith, Adam T.; Ghulyan, Husik; Lindsay, Ian (2022). Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies. pp. 82–85. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.

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