Çengilli Church
| Church of Çengilli Եղեգնամոր վանք |
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| Construction year: | 11th century |
| Style elements : | Armenian architecture |
| Location: | 40 ° 7 '0.8 " N , 42 ° 32' 43.8" E |
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Kağızman Kars , Turkey |
| Purpose: | Armenian Apostolic Monastery |
The Church of Çengilli , also Eghegnamor ( Armenian Եղեգնամոր ), was a medieval Armenian monastery from the 11th century, whose well-preserved church still towers over the houses in the village of Çengilli near the city of Kağızman in what is now Turkey . The monastery was destroyed by the Turks during the Turkish-Armenian War from 1918 and closed in 1920.
Naming
Eghegnamor stands for "reed place" in Armenian. "Çengilli" is the current name of the village. It derives from its name Çanlı from the 19th century, which means "village of the bell tower". The church is also known as Eghegnamor in Armenian literature and other sources .
history
Eghegnamor ( Çengilli ) was located within a district of historical Armenia known as Gabeghyank ' , which included the city of Kaghzvan (now Kağızman). It was part of the Armenian province of Ayrarat . This district was originally a Mamikonian possession, in the 9th century it became part of the Kingdom of Kars . By the end of the 19th century, the majority of the village population was Armenian. They were followers of the Armenian Apostolic Church and called the village church Surb Astvatsatsin (Սուրբ Աստվածածին, "Holy Mother of God"). These residents were in 1920 in the Democratic Republic of Armenia deported when the area after the First World War was part of Turkey. The current residents of the village are Kurds , mostly immigrants from Erzurum and Doğubeyazıt . They use the church as a community barn.
Web links
- The Church in Çengelli Village. Virtual Ani