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St. Stepanos Church (Kələki)
St. Stepanos Church was an Armenian church located in the northeastern district of the Kələki village (Ordubad district) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The church was still standing in the early 2000s. History According to an Armenian inscription on a cross-stone (''khachkar)'' above the lintel of the portal, the church was either founded or renovated in 1441 by Agha Shain.Ayvazyan, Argam. ''Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak.'' Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, p. 32.Ayvazyan, Argam. ''The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan.'' Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, pp. 49–50. It was also renovated in the 17th and 19th centuries. The church is also mentioned in the 17th century Armenian inscription of St. Tovma Monastery of Agulis. Architectural characteristics St. Stepanos had a single-chamber nave, eastern apse with two vestries on either side, an entrance in the western facade, and a porch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia (country), Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city. The territory of what is now Azerbaijan was ruled first by Caucasian Albania and later by various Persian empires. Until the 19th century, it remained part of Qajar Iran, but the Russo-Persian wars of Russo-Persian War (1804–1813), 1804–1813 and Russo-Persian War (1826–1828), 1826–1828 forced the Qajar Empire to cede its Caucasian territories to the Russian Empire; the treaties of Treaty of Gulistan, Gulistan in 1813 and Treaty of Turkmenchay, Turkmenchay in 1828 defined the border between Russia and Iran. The region north o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |