Ghazanchezoz Cathedral

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Ghazanchezoz Cathedral Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ Ղազանչեցոց Եկեղեցի
The newly restored Ghazanchezoz Cathedral and the bell tower.

The newly restored Ghazanchezoz Cathedral and the bell tower.
Construction year: 1858
Inauguration: 1887
Architect : Simon Ter-Hakobyan
Style elements : Armenian architecture
Location: 39 ° 45 '31.7 "  N , 46 ° 44' 52.4"  E Coordinates: 39 ° 45 '31.7 "  N , 46 ° 44' 52.4"  E
Location: Şuşa
Azerbaijan
Purpose: Armenian Apostolic Cathedral

The Ghazanchetsots Cathedral ( Armenian Ղազանչեցոց Եկեղեցի ), also known as Cathedral of Christ the Holy Savior (Ղազանչեցոց Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ Մայր Տաճար) or Shushi Cathedral (Շուշիի Մայր Տաճար), is an Armenian church from the 19th century in Shushi , Nagorno-Karabakh Republic .

The cathedral consists of a free cross with four apses which have sculptures designed by Armen Hakobian built into them, which are depicted as if they were playing musical instruments.

history

Ruins of the Armenian half of Shushi after the city ​​was destroyed by the Azerbaijani army in 1920. In the center the ruined cathedral.

Ghazanchezoz Cathedral was built between 1868 and 1887 and has a white limestone facade. The architect Simon Ter-Hakobyan wanted to recreate the church of Echmiadzin Cathedral . In front of the west entrance is a free-standing three-story bell tower, built in 1858. Large statues of trumpet-playing angels stand on each corner of the bell tower's second floor. These are replicas of the original figures that were destroyed during the Nagorno-Karabakh War when Shushi was initially forcibly under Azerbaijani control.

The cathedral went through various misappropriations over the years. Its use as a church ended after the Shushi pogrom in March 1920. During the Soviet period it was first used as a granary and then as a garage. During the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict from 1989 onwards, Azerbaijani forces used the cathedral as a warehouse for GRAD ammunition, and damaged it until May 1992, when Shushi was recovered by Armenian forces. In the years after the capture by the Armenians, the church was repaired and renovated. The replicas of the angel statues were handcrafted to replace the destroyed originals. Such an angel forms part of the coat of arms of Shusha. In 1998 the church was consecrated again and now serves as the cathedral of the Arzach Eparchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church .

gallery

  • Ghazanchezoz Cathedral

  • Look into the dome

  • View of the sky from the Ghazanchezoz Cathedral

  • A picture of Saint Peter

  • The pews of the cathedral

  • Bell tower

  • Trumpet-playing angel of Ghazanchezoz Cathedral as part of the city coat of arms of Shushi

Web links

Commons : Shuschi Cathedral  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sèda Mavian, Arménie , coll. “Guides Évasion”, Hachette, Paris, 2006 ISBN 978-2-01-240509-7 , p. 222.
  2. ↑ Hasratyan, Murad M. Շուշի ( Shuschi ). Armenian-Soviet encyclopedia. vol. viii. Yerevan: National Academy of Sciences , 1982, p. 601.
  3. ↑ Levon Chorbajian, Patrick Donabédian and Claude Mutafian, The Caucasian Knot: The History and Geopolitics of Nagorno-Karabagh , Zed Books, London, 1994 ISBN 1-85649-288-5 , p. 84
  4. ^ A b Nicholas Holding, Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh , Bradt Travel Guides, 2006, ISBN 978-1841621630 , p. 214.
  5. ↑ Hasratyan, Murad and Zaven Sargsyan. Armenia: 1700 Years of Christian Architecture . Yerevan: Mughni Publishing, 2001. p. 234.
  6. ↑ De Waal, Thomas. Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War . New York: New York University Press, 2003, pp. 179-180, 190. ISBN 0-8147-1944-9 .
  7. ↑ Hasratyan and Sargsyan. Armenia , p. 234.