St. Yerrordutyun Church (Nursu)

St. Yerrordutyun Church was an Armenian church located in the village of Nursu (Shahbuz District) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.[1] It was located in the western part of the village.[1][2][3]

St. Yerrordutyun Church of Nors
Նորսի Սուրբ Երրորդություն եկեղեցի
LocationNursu
CountryAzerbaijan
DenominationArmenian Apostolic Church
History
StatusDestroyed
Founded13th or 14th century
Architecture
Stylebasilica
Demolished1997–2009

History

The church was founded in the 13th or 14th century. According to an Armenian inscription on a khachkar in the tympanum of the western entryway, the church was renovated in 1654. It was also renovated in 1875.[2][3] The church was standing but in poor condition in the late Soviet years; part of the roof had collapsed, the northern vestry was in ruins, and parts of the walls were damaged or cracking.[2][3]

Architecture

The church was a basilica-style structure consisting of a nave, two aisles, a seven-sided apse, and two vestries, with entries on the north and west. There was an Armenian inscription on the western facade.[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 2854.[1] The church was razed to ground at some point between 1997 and November 11, 2009, as documented by Caucasus Heritage Watch.[1]

References
  1. 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. 398–401. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.
  2. Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, p. 146.
  3. Ayvazian, Argam. The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, p. 113.

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