St. Stepanos Church (Yukhari Aylis)
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St. Stepanos Church was an Armenian church located on the slope of a hill in the northwestern Verin Get district of Yukhari Aylis village of the
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Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
.Ayvazyan, Argam. ''Agulis: Patmamshakutayin hushardzanner.'' Yerevan: Hayastan, 1984, p. 24, 33.Ayvazyan, Argam. ''Nakhijevan ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak.'' Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, pp. 21–22.Ayvazyan, Argam. ''The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan.'' Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, pp. 20–21.


History

The church was most probably built in the 12th or 13th century and was rebuilt in the 17th century and in 1845.


Architectural characteristics

The church was built with
basalt Basalt (; ) is an aphanite, aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the planetary surface, surface of a terrestrial ...
and reddish-pink colored stones, it was a basilica-style structure with a four-sided dome and a cross-like roof. In the eastern part of the church, on both sides of the main altar, there were quite large and semicircular altars. The church had three entrances, which were located on the southern, western and eastern sides. The domed basilica had three apses facing a main hall, and under the apses were vestries that could be accessed from their bemas. The cupola rested on four cruciform pillars. There were Armenian inscriptions on the southern facade and decorative sculptures around the entrances and windows.


Destruction

The church was still a standing monument in the 1980s. It has been completely destroyed by February 3, 2000, according to the Caucasus Heritage Watch.


See also

* St. Kristapor Church (Yukhari Aylis) *
Saint Thomas Monastery of Agulis Saint Thomas Monastery of Agulis ( hy, Ագուլիսի Սուրբ Թովմա առաքյալ վանք) was an Armenian Apostolic monastery, located in the Yuxarı Əylis village of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. It was historic ...
* St. Shmavon Church (Yukhari Aylis) * St. Hakob-Hayrapet Church (Yukhari Aylis)


References

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