St. Nshan Church (Ashaghy Aylis)

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St. Nshan or Amarayin Church
Ամառային (Սուրբ Նշան) եկեղեցի
St. Nshan Church (Ashaghy Aylis)
Location Aşağı Əylis
Country Azerbaijan
Denomination Armenian Apostolic Church
History
StatusDestroyed
Founded9th Century
Architecture
Style Basilica
Demolished1997-2000

St. Nshan or Amarayin Church was an Armenian church located in the northwestern part of the Ashagy Aylis village (Ordubad district) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. [1] [2] It was located next to St. Stepanos (St. Yerordutyun) Church. [3] It was still a standing monument in the 1980s and was destroyed at some point between 1997 and 2000. [1]

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History

The church was founded in the 9th century and was rebuilt in the 17th century. [2] [4] The church is mentioned in the colophon of a synaxarium with the date 1690. [2] [4]

Architectural characteristics

The church was attached to the north facade of St. Yerordutyun Church. In its form the church was an open structure where liturgical services were performed in the summer months, that is why it was also called "Amarayin" (i.e. summer in Armenian) church. The basilica consisted of a nave, two aisles, and a seven-sided apse with two four-sided apses on either side. Arcades on the north, south, and west facades created an open architectural form. [2] [3] [4]

Destruction

The church was still a standing monument in the late Soviet period (the 1980s). The church along with the adjacent St. Stepanos Church was already completely erased by 2000, as the investigation of the Caucasus Heritage Watch shows. [1]

See also

St. Stepanos Church (Ashaghy Aylis)

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, p. 32.
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  4. 1 2 3 Ayvazyan, Argam. The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Trasnsl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, 23.

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