Katarovank

Coordinates: 39°31′34″N 46°51′22″E / 39.526071°N 46.856119°E / 39.526071; 46.856119
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Katarovank
Կատարովանք
Year consecrated
before 335 AD
Location
Locationnear the village of Hin Tagher, Khojavend
CountryAzerbaijan
Katarovank is located in Azerbaijan
Katarovank
Shown within Azerbaijan
Katarovank is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Katarovank
Katarovank (Karabakh Economic Region)
Geographic coordinates39°31′34″N 46°51′22″E / 39.526071°N 46.856119°E / 39.526071; 46.856119
Architecture
Architect(s)yes
TypeMonastery, Church
StyleArmenian
Completed4th century, 17th century
Materialssandstone

Katarovank (Armenian: Կատարովանք; Azerbaijani: Qatərəvəng) is an Armenian Apostolic monastery in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. It is located close to the village of Hin Tagher (Köhnə Tağlar). The monastery was founded in the 4th century, but the present structure was completed in the 17th century.

History and architecture

The 5th-century Armenian historian

St. Gregory the Illuminator and bishop of eastern lands of Armenia. St. Grigoris led an Armenian mission to convert the Massagetae tribesmen into Christianity. The mission gained true success when the missionaries managed to turn three of Sanesan's own sons into Christianity.[citation needed
]

Suspicious of St. Grigoris, Sanesan ordered to execute the saint on the plain of Vatnean by tying him to a wild horse. His children fled the royal palace together with St. Grigoris' missionaries who carried with them St. Grigoris' body. The children decided to hide in the mountaintop Katarovank Monastery, which at the time hosted as many as 3870 hermits and pilgrims.[3] But Sanesan in his pursuit of the children reached the monastery and killed all the inhabitants of Katarovank, including his own children. The monastery was destroyed by the Hun soldiers and the corpses of the killed were burned.[citation needed]

The present-day chapel is a 17th-century structure. It is a single nave basilica constructed from the blocks of local coarse-cut sandstone. One side of the chapel is below the ground while the other is built on bare rock. There are Armenian

khachkars near the chapel. The monastery offers a unique panoramic view to the River Aras.[citation needed
]

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war

Clashes erupted around the Armenian holdout pocket despite the ceasefire agreement, with Azerbaijani forces taking control of Hin Tagher and advancing towards the area of Khtsaberd on 12 December 2020.[5][6] Russian peacekeepers were reported to have arrived on 13 December 2020. Subsequently, it was reported that the villages were and this monastery came under Azerbaijani control as Russian peacekeepers removed the area from their map of responsibility on 14 December 2020.[7][8]

Gallery

  • Katarovank
    Katarovank
  • Katarovank
    Katarovank
  • Scenery around Katarovank
    Scenery around Katarovank

Books

  • The Epic Histories: Attributed to P'awstos Buzand. Columbia University Press, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 1989
  • Movses Kalankatuatsi. History of the Land of Aluank, translated from Old Armenian by Sh. V. Smbatian. Yerevan: Matenadaran (Institute of Ancient Manuscripts), 1984, Book I, chapter 14, in Russian.
  • (in Italian) Documenti di architettura armena, Alexandr L. Jakobson – 1986 – 73 p.

References

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  1. ^ The Epic Histories: Attributed to P'awstos Buzand. Columbia University Press, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 1989
  2. ISBN 978-9952-34-156-0
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  3. ^ a b Mkrtchian, Shahen. Historical and Architectural Monuments of Nagorno Karabakh. Yerevan: Hayastan Publishing House, 1988, p. 100
  4. ^ CIVILNET - A Piece of Hadrut Remains Armenian
  5. ^ President Sarkissian Says Government Has Not ‘Provided Satisfactory Explanation’ About Attacks on Hadrut
  6. ^ Azerbaijan Says Four Soldiers Killed Amid Cease-Fire Violations In Nagorno-Karabakh
  7. ^ "Армения и Азербайджан развязали войну трактовок". kommersant.ru (in Russian). Kommersant. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Hadrutun iki kəndi yenidən Azərbaycanın nəzarətindədir". bbc.com/azeri (in Azerbaijani). BBC Azeri service. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
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