St. Kristapor Church (Yukhari Aylis)

St. Kristapor Church
St. Kristapor Church
Սուրբ Քրիստափոր եկեղեցի
Location	Yukhari Aylis
Country	Azerbaijan
Denomination	Armenian Apostolic Church
History
Status	Destroyed
Architecture
Style	Domed basilica

Last updated December 09, 2023

St. Kristapor Church was an Armenian Apostolic Church located on the slope of Gindar hill in the central district of Yukhari Aylis village of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.^[1]^[2]

History

The earliest mention of St. Kristapor Church in the manuscripts dates to the 15th century.^[1]^[2]^[3] According to the Armenian inscriptions in the church, it was rebuilt between 1671 and 1675.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Architectural characteristics

The church had a four-aisled dome-bearing basilica composition. It consisted of a senior shrine, a pair of storage rooms and a prayer hall with a bright and high interior, on the four massive facades of which the dome was erected. It had three arched and decorated entrances on the western, northern and southern facades.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Destruction

The church was still a standing monument in the 1980s.^[4] It was completely demolished by February 3, 2000, according to the Caucasus Heritage Watch.^[4]

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References

1 2 3 4 Ayvazyan, Argam. The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, p. 18.
1 2 3 4 Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevan ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, p. 24-25.
1 2 3 Ayvazyan, Argam. Agulis: Patmamshakutayin hushardzanner. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1984, p. 24.
1 2 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. 44–47. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 Ayvazyan, Argam. The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, p. 18.

[:1-2] 1 2 3 4 Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevan ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, p. 24-25.

[:2-3] 1 2 3 Ayvazyan, Argam. Agulis: Patmamshakutayin hushardzanner. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1984, p. 24.

[:3-4] 1 2 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. 44–47. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.

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