Mesrop Mashtots Monastery | |
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St. Gr. Lusavorich Monastery | |
Սուրբ Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց վանք | |
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39°10′6.179″N 45°55′25.061″E / 39.16838306°N 45.92362806°E | |
Location | Nəsirvaz |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Denomination | Armenian Apostolic Church |
History | |
Status | Destroyed |
Founded | 456 |
Architecture | |
Demolished | 1997–2006 |
Mesrop Mashtots Monastery or St. Gr. Lusavorich Monastery was an Armenian monastery located in Nəsirvaz village ( Ordubad district) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. [1] The monastery was located in the western part of the village. [2] [3]
The monastery was founded in 456 by Prince Shabit of Goghtn. [2] [3] The existing Armenian inscriptions in the walls of the church show that it was renovated in the 15th and 17th centuries as well as the late 19th century. [2] [3]
The monastery complex had outer walls, porch, and subsidiary buildings which were longer extant in the late Soviet period. [2] [3] The inventor of the Armenian alphabet, Mesrop Mashtots, once lived in the monastery complex. The church of the monastery was a small domed structure consisting of a hall, main apse, and two vestries, with Armenian inscriptions on the interior. Four pillars supported a large cupola with eight windows, adjacent to which was a small bell tower. [2] [3]
The church of the monastery complex was still standing in the 1970–1980s. However, it was destroyed by June 15, 2006, as documented by satellite investigation of the Caucasus Heritage Watch. [1]
The monastery complex had also an Armenian cemetery with 300–320 tombstones which was located just north to the monastery. The cemetery was also destroyed by June 15, 2006. [4]
Mesrop Mashtots Monastery | |
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St. Gr. Lusavorich Monastery | |
Սուրբ Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց վանք | |
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39°10′6.179″N 45°55′25.061″E / 39.16838306°N 45.92362806°E | |
Location | Nəsirvaz |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Denomination | Armenian Apostolic Church |
History | |
Status | Destroyed |
Founded | 456 |
Architecture | |
Demolished | 1997–2006 |
Mesrop Mashtots Monastery or St. Gr. Lusavorich Monastery was an Armenian monastery located in Nəsirvaz village ( Ordubad district) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. [1] The monastery was located in the western part of the village. [2] [3]
The monastery was founded in 456 by Prince Shabit of Goghtn. [2] [3] The existing Armenian inscriptions in the walls of the church show that it was renovated in the 15th and 17th centuries as well as the late 19th century. [2] [3]
The monastery complex had outer walls, porch, and subsidiary buildings which were longer extant in the late Soviet period. [2] [3] The inventor of the Armenian alphabet, Mesrop Mashtots, once lived in the monastery complex. The church of the monastery was a small domed structure consisting of a hall, main apse, and two vestries, with Armenian inscriptions on the interior. Four pillars supported a large cupola with eight windows, adjacent to which was a small bell tower. [2] [3]
The church of the monastery complex was still standing in the 1970–1980s. However, it was destroyed by June 15, 2006, as documented by satellite investigation of the Caucasus Heritage Watch. [1]
The monastery complex had also an Armenian cemetery with 300–320 tombstones which was located just north to the monastery. The cemetery was also destroyed by June 15, 2006. [4]