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Saint John the Baptist Church ( hy, Սուրբ Հովհաննու Կարապետ եկեղեցի, Surb Hovhannu Karapet Yekeghetsi), is an
Armenian Apostolic , native_name_lang = hy , icon = Armenian Apostolic Church logo.svg , icon_width = 100px , icon_alt = , image = Էջմիածնի_Մայր_Տաճար.jpg , imagewidth = 250px , a ...
church in Nagorno-Karabakh, 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, Martakert057.JPG, Martakert054.JPG,


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 {{OrientalOrthodox-church-stub