Saint John the Baptist Church ( hy, Սուրբ Հովհաննու Կարապետ եկեղեցի, Surb Hovhannu Karapet Yekeghetsi),
is an
Armenian Apostolic
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, a ...
church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* Chris ...
in
Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked country, landlocked region in the Transcaucasia, South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik Province, Syunik, and covering the southeastern range o ...
, in the town of
Martakert
Martakert ( hy, Մարտակերտ, also , ) or Aghdara ( az, Ağdərə ) is a town ''de facto'' in the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as the administrative capital of its Martakert Province, ''de jure'' in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, in ...
. The church was built in 1883. There is a cemetery adjacent to the church.
The church possibly originates from as early as the 13th century, built between 1216 and 1238. The church was renovated in 2003.
Gallery
Martakert053.JPG,
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References
Armenian Apostolic churches
Churches in the Republic of Artsakh
19th-century Oriental Orthodox church buildings
Churches completed in 1883
1883 establishments in the Russian Empire
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