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		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TOKH-EKEKHECI-SB.-STEPHANOS-1.jpg?v=1622060263" width="1354" height="1354" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TOKH-EKEKHECI-SB.-STEPHANOS-1.jpg?v=1622060263 1354w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TOKH-EKEKHECI-SB.-STEPHANOS-1-300x300.jpg?v=1622060263 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TOKH-EKEKHECI-SB.-STEPHANOS-1-1024x1024.jpg?v=1622060263 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TOKH-EKEKHECI-SB.-STEPHANOS-1-150x150.jpg?v=1622060263 150w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TOKH-EKEKHECI-SB.-STEPHANOS-1-768x768.jpg?v=1622060263 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TOKH-EKEKHECI-SB.-STEPHANOS-1-370x370.jpg?v=1622060263 370w" sizes="(max-width: 1354px) 100vw, 1354px" title="Surb Stepanos" alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Location

St. Stepanos Church is located in the south-western part of Togh village in Hadrut region of the Artsakh Republic, near the old cemetery (Fig. 1).

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/001-8-scaled.jpg?v=1620416918" width="2560" height="1920" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/001-8-scaled.jpg?v=1620416918 2560w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/001-8-300x225.jpg?v=1620416918 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/001-8-1024x768.jpg?v=1620416918 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/001-8-768x576.jpg?v=1620416918 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/001-8-1536x1152.jpg?v=1620416918 1536w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/001-8-2048x1536.jpg?v=1620416918 2048w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/001-8-370x278.jpg?v=1620416918 370w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" title="Fig. 1 St. Stepanos Church, view from the west, photo by G. Budaghyan." alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Fig. 1 St. Stepanos Church, view from the west, photo by G. Budaghyan.

Historical օverview

There is no exact information preserved on the construction of the church. Sargis Jalalyants in his book “Journey to Greater Armenia” describes that during his stay in Togh, the inhabitants told a story about the construction of the church, according to which a man from the descendants of the princes was forcibly converted to Islam, then repented and, as a sign of true faith, built the churches of St. Stepanos and Kusanats Hermitage (Jalalyants 1858, 260).

The inscription on the entrance lintel of the church reads: “In the year of 1747. In memory of the head of St. Stepanos Church, which was renovated by Melik Yegan and his son Melik Yesayi. In memory of their souls” (Barkhutaryants 1895, 78). From the latter it is supposed that the church had existed for a long time, and Melik Yegan and his son repaired the roof of the church.

Architectural-compositional examination

St. Stepanos Church is a rectangular longitudinal vaulted hall, 12 meters long and 7,8 meters wide (Fig. 2).

Internally the church is divided into two unequal naves by a T-shaped pillar, an architectural solution that has no analogues. Gravestones have been preserved in the narrow northern part. It can be assumed that this narrow hall played the role of a unique graveyard-narthex. Due to the slope of the place, the floor of the church is lower than the yard mark, on the western side it is stuck in the ground at a depth of 1,5 meters. The only entrance to the church opens from the western facade, to the right a little far from the center. The hall is crowned with an altar on the eastern side and the two vestries adjacent to the latter from the north and south. The altar has a pronounced semicircular shape, with vestry room niches on both sides – on the north and south. The structure is built of hewn and rough stones. The arches, the entrance and the windows of the vault are polished. The pillars are built on the principle of masonry, the outer faces are made of polished stones, the core is filled with lime mortar. More than 50 khachkars, cross-sculptured slabs, gravestones, parts of early Christian monuments are embedded in the walls (Figs. 3, 4). Some of them have inscriptions of the 15th-17th centuries (CAI 1982, 176), which testify that the church was built on the site of earlier structures whose stones were reused during the construction of the new church.

The khachkar embedded on the western facade – in the wall on the right side of the entrance stands out in size and artistic design, which has the following inscription: “In the year of 1531, I – Friar Daniel erected it” (CAI, 1982, 177, Fig. 4)

The gravestones of the old cemetery preserved in the surroundings of the church have thematic compositions, some of which are inscribed. The composition of the gravestone to the north-west of the church presents the tools and water jug of the master metallurgist (Fig. 5), and the inscription informs “Master Yehanes, in the year of 1545”.

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/002-8-scaled-e1619648563888.jpg?v=1620416919" width="2560" height="1702" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/002-8-scaled-e1619648563888.jpg?v=1620416919 2560w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/002-8-scaled-e1619648563888-300x199.jpg?v=1620416919 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/002-8-scaled-e1619648563888-1024x681.jpg?v=1620416919 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/002-8-scaled-e1619648563888-768x511.jpg?v=1620416919 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/002-8-scaled-e1619648563888-1536x1021.jpg?v=1620416919 1536w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/002-8-scaled-e1619648563888-2048x1362.jpg?v=1620416919 2048w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/002-8-scaled-e1619648563888-370x246.jpg?v=1620416919 370w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/002-8-scaled-e1619648563888-272x182.jpg?v=1620416919 272w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" title="Fig. 2 The plan of St․ Stepanos Church, Sh. Mkrtchyan, Historical and architectural monuments of Nagorno Karabakh, Yerevan 1985, p. 77." alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Fig. 2 The plan of St․ Stepanos Church, Sh. Mkrtchyan, Historical and architectural monuments of Nagorno Karabakh, Yerevan 1985, p. 77.

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/003-9-scaled.jpg?v=1620416921" width="2560" height="1702" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/003-9-scaled.jpg?v=1620416921 2560w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/003-9-300x199.jpg?v=1620416921 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/003-9-1024x681.jpg?v=1620416921 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/003-9-768x511.jpg?v=1620416921 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/003-9-1536x1021.jpg?v=1620416921 1536w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/003-9-2048x1362.jpg?v=1620416921 2048w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/003-9-370x246.jpg?v=1620416921 370w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/003-9-272x182.jpg?v=1620416921 272w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" title="Fig. 3 On the western wall of the church, the khachkar embedded to the left of the entrance, photo by H․ Petrosyan." alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Fig. 3 On the western wall of the church, the khachkar embedded to the left of the entrance, photo by H․ Petrosyan.

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/004-8-scaled.jpg?v=1620416922" width="1702" height="2560" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/004-8-scaled.jpg?v=1620416922 1702w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/004-8-199x300.jpg?v=1620416922 199w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/004-8-681x1024.jpg?v=1620416922 681w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/004-8-768x1155.jpg?v=1620416922 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/004-8-1021x1536.jpg?v=1620416922 1021w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/004-8-1362x2048.jpg?v=1620416922 1362w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/004-8-246x370.jpg?v=1620416922 246w" sizes="(max-width: 1702px) 100vw, 1702px" title="Fig. 4 On the western wall of the church, the khachkar embedded to the right of the entrance, photo by H․ Petrosyan." alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Fig. 4 On the western wall of the church, the khachkar embedded to the right of the entrance, photo by H․ Petrosyan.

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/005-9.jpg?v=1620416924" width="2246" height="1517" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/005-9.jpg?v=1620416924 2246w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/005-9-300x203.jpg?v=1620416924 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/005-9-1024x692.jpg?v=1620416924 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/005-9-768x519.jpg?v=1620416924 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/005-9-1536x1037.jpg?v=1620416924 1536w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/005-9-2048x1383.jpg?v=1620416924 2048w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/005-9-370x250.jpg?v=1620416924 370w" sizes="(max-width: 2246px) 100vw, 2246px" title="Fig. 5 The gravestone of master Yehanes, photo by H․ Petrosyan." alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Fig. 5 The gravestone of master Yehanes, photo by H․ Petrosyan.

The condition before, during and after the war

The church was not damaged during the first and second Artsakh wars.

Bibliography

Barkhutaryants M., Artsakh, Baku, 1895.

CAI 5, 1982 – Corpus of Armenian Inscriptions, Rls. 5, Artsakh, compiled by S. Barkhudaryan, Yerevan.

Mkrtchyan 1980 – Mkrtchyan Sh., Historical and architectural monuments of Nagorno Karabakh, Yerevan.

Jalalyants 1858 – Jalalyants S․, Journey to Greater Armenia, part B, Tiflis.

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						<img width="2560" height="1702" src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-scaled.jpg?v=1622640495" class="sow-slider-background-image skip-lazy" alt="" decoding="async" style="" loading="eager" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-scaled.jpg?v=1622640495 2560w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-300x199.jpg?v=1622640495 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-1024x681.jpg?v=1622640495 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-768x511.jpg?v=1622640495 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-1536x1021.jpg?v=1622640495 1536w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-2048x1362.jpg?v=1622640495 2048w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-370x246.jpg?v=1622640495 370w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-272x182.jpg?v=1622640495 272w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" />

						<img width="2560" height="1702" src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-scaled.jpg?v=1622640455" class="sow-slider-background-image skip-lazy" alt="" decoding="async" style="" loading="eager" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-scaled.jpg?v=1622640455 2560w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-300x199.jpg?v=1622640455 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-1024x681.jpg?v=1622640455 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-768x511.jpg?v=1622640455 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-1536x1021.jpg?v=1622640455 1536w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-2048x1362.jpg?v=1622640455 2048w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-370x246.jpg?v=1622640455 370w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-272x182.jpg?v=1622640455 272w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" />

Տեղադրություն

Վակունիս գյուղը գտնվում է Արցախի Հանրապետության Քաշաթաղի շրջանում, Բերձորից 46 կմ հյուսիս, Հակարի գետի Շալվա վտակի ափին։ Գյուղի կենտրոնական հատվածում է գտնվում 17-րդ դարի եկեղեցին (նկ․ 1, 2)։

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Vakunis.jpg?v=1622641268" width="1358" height="1358" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Vakunis.jpg?v=1622641268 1358w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Vakunis-300x300.jpg?v=1622641268 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Vakunis-1024x1024.jpg?v=1622641268 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Vakunis-150x150.jpg?v=1622641268 150w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Vakunis-768x768.jpg?v=1622641268 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Vakunis-370x370.jpg?v=1622641268 370w" sizes="(max-width: 1358px) 100vw, 1358px" alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/001-8-scaled.jpg?v=1622639430" width="2560" height="1702" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/001-8-scaled.jpg?v=1622639430 2560w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/001-8-300x199.jpg?v=1622639430 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/001-8-1024x681.jpg?v=1622639430 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/001-8-768x511.jpg?v=1622639430 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/001-8-1536x1021.jpg?v=1622639430 1536w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/001-8-2048x1362.jpg?v=1622639430 2048w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/001-8-370x246.jpg?v=1622639430 370w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/001-8-272x182.jpg?v=1622639430 272w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" title="Նկ․ 1 Վակունիսի եկեղեցու տեսքը հարավ-արևմուտքից, լուս. Հ․ Աբրահամյանի։" alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Նկ․ 1 Վակունիսի եկեղեցու տեսքը հարավ-արևմուտքից, լուս. Հ․ Աբրահամյանի։

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/002-7-scaled.jpg?v=1622639516" width="2560" height="1702" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/002-7-scaled.jpg?v=1622639516 2560w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/002-7-300x199.jpg?v=1622639516 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/002-7-1024x681.jpg?v=1622639516 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/002-7-768x511.jpg?v=1622639516 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/002-7-1536x1021.jpg?v=1622639516 1536w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/002-7-2048x1362.jpg?v=1622639516 2048w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/002-7-370x246.jpg?v=1622639516 370w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/002-7-272x182.jpg?v=1622639516 272w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" title="Նկ․ 2 Վակունիսի եկեղեցու տեսքը հարավ-արևելքից, լուս. Հ․ Աբրահամյանի։" alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Նկ․ 2 Վակունիսի եկեղեցու տեսքը հարավ-արևելքից, լուս. Հ․ Աբրահամյանի։

Պատմական ակնարկ

Վակունիսի եկեղեցու մասին պատմական տեղեկություններ հայտնի չեն։ Հիմք ընդունելով  ճարտարապետական-հորինվածքային լուծումները և ագուցված խաչքարերն ու տապանաքարերը՝ եկեղեցին 17-րդ դարի կառույց է: 18-րդ դարի երկրորդ կեսից տեղում հաստատված քրդերը կառույցը օգտագործել են տնտեսական նպատակներով։

Ճարտարապետական-հորինվածքային քննություն

Եկեղեցին կառուցված է տեղական անմշակ քարով և կրաշաղախով։ Կառույցը արևելյան կողմում ուղղանկյուն խորանով և զույգ ավանդատներով միանավ բազիլիկ է (նկ․ 3), արտաքին 11․70x8․20 մետր չափերով (Կարապետյան 1999, 171, նկ․ 4)։

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/003-7-scaled.jpg?v=1622640146" width="2560" height="1702" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/003-7-scaled.jpg?v=1622640146 2560w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/003-7-300x199.jpg?v=1622640146 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/003-7-1024x681.jpg?v=1622640146 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/003-7-768x511.jpg?v=1622640146 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/003-7-1536x1021.jpg?v=1622640146 1536w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/003-7-2048x1362.jpg?v=1622640146 2048w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/003-7-370x246.jpg?v=1622640146 370w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/003-7-272x182.jpg?v=1622640146 272w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" title="Նկ․ 3 Վակունիսի եկեղեցու տեսքը ներսից, լուս. Հ․ Աբրահամյանի։ " alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Նկ․ 3 Վակունիսի եկեղեցու տեսքը ներսից, լուս. Հ․ Աբրահամյանի։

Կիսագլան թաղն (այն ամբողջովին բացակայում է) ամրացվել է հյուսիսային և հարավային պատերին կցված մեկական որմնասյուներր վրա բարձրացող կամարով։ Միակ մուտքն արևմուտքից է, այն սլաքաձև է, եզրավորված հին խաչքարերով և տապանաքարերով (նկ. 5, 6): Հյուսիսային պատում` ավանդատանը մոտ, ներկառուցված է սլաքաձև մկրտության ավազանը: Խաչքարեր և տապանաքարեր են օգտագործվել նաև ավանդատների մուտքերի ձևավորման մեջ: Եկեղեցին ունի երեք լուսամուտ, որոնք բացվում են ավագ խորանի և ավանդատների արևելյան պատերում:

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-scaled.jpg?v=1622640284" width="1702" height="2560" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-scaled.jpg?v=1622640284 1702w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-199x300.jpg?v=1622640284 199w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-681x1024.jpg?v=1622640284 681w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-768x1155.jpg?v=1622640284 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-1021x1536.jpg?v=1622640284 1021w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-1362x2048.jpg?v=1622640284 1362w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-246x370.jpg?v=1622640284 246w" sizes="(max-width: 1702px) 100vw, 1702px" title="Նկ․ 6 Վակունիսի եկեղեցու մուտքի ձախ եզրաքար օգտագործված տապանաքարը, լուս. Հ․ Աբրահամյանի։" alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Նկ․ 6 Վակունիսի եկեղեցու մուտքի ձախ եզրաքար օգտագործված տապանաքարը, լուս. Հ․ Աբրահամյանի։

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/004.png?v=1622640085" width="700" height="621" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/004.png?v=1622640085 700w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/004-300x266.png?v=1622640085 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/004-370x328.png?v=1622640085 370w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" title="Նկ․ 4 Վակունիսի եկեղեցու հատակագիծը, Ս. Կարապետյան, Հայ մշակույթի հուշարձանները Խորհրդային Ադրբեջանին բռնակցված շրջաններում, էջ 173։ " alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Նկ․ 4 Վակունիսի եկեղեցու հատակագիծը, Ս. Կարապետյան, Հայ մշակույթի հուշարձանները Խորհրդային Ադրբեջանին բռնակցված շրջաններում, էջ 173։

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-scaled.jpg?v=1622640326" width="1702" height="2560" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-scaled.jpg?v=1622640326 1702w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-199x300.jpg?v=1622640326 199w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-681x1024.jpg?v=1622640326 681w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-768x1155.jpg?v=1622640326 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-1021x1536.jpg?v=1622640326 1021w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-1362x2048.jpg?v=1622640326 1362w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-246x370.jpg?v=1622640326 246w" sizes="(max-width: 1702px) 100vw, 1702px" title="Նկ․ 5 Վակունիսի եկեղեցու մուտքը, լուս. Հ․ Աբրահամյանի։" alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Նկ․ 5 Վակունիսի եկեղեցու մուտքը, լուս. Հ․ Աբրահամյանի։

Պատերի մեջ օգտագործվել են 13-17-րդ դարերի բազմաթիվ խաչքարեր և տապանաքարեր (նկ․ 7, 8), որոնցից երեքի վրա առկա են արձանագրություններ (Կարապետյան 1999, 173): Եկեղեցուն արևմուտքից կից պահպանվել են ավելի հին սրբատաշ կառույցի հետքերը: Կառույցի շուրջը փռված է եղել համաժամանակյա գերեզմանատունը, որից պահպանվել են մի քանի տապանաքարեր։

Վիճակը պատերազմից առաջ, ընթացքում և պատերազմից հետո

Վակունիսի եկեղեցին պատերազմից առաջ, բացի կառույցի ներսից դուրս բերված լցված հողը, ուրիշ ոչ մի փոփոխության չի ենթարկվել։

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Նկ․ 7 Վակունիսի եկեղեցու հարավային ավանդատան մուտքի բարավոր օգտագործված տապանաքարը, լուս. Հ․ Աբրահամյանի։

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Նկ․ 8 Վակունիսի եկեղեցու պատերի մեջ օգտագործված խաչքարերից, լուս. Հ․ Աբրահամյանի։

Մատենագրական քննություն

Հետազոտող Ս․ Կարապետյանն իր «Հայ մշակույթի հուշարձանները Խորհրդային Ադրբեջանին բռնակցված շրջաններում» գրքում Վակունիս գյուղն անվանում է Բճանց և նույնացնում Դադիվանքի կաթողիկե եկեղեցու 1214 թվականի արձանագրության մեջ հիշատակված գյուղին (Կարապետյան 1999, 171)։

Գրականություն

1․ Կարապետյան 1999 - Կարապետյան Ս., Հայ մշակույթի հուշարձանները Խորհրդային Ադրբեջանին բռնակցված շրջաններում, Երևան:

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Location

The church is located in Hak (Minkend) village of Kashatagh region (Lachin region) of the Artsakh Republic. The village is located on the left bank of the Aghavnaget River, 1720-1800 meters above sea level (Karapetyan 1999, 128).

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Hak.jpg?v=1621786268" width="1355" height="1355" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Hak.jpg?v=1621786268 1355w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Hak-300x300.jpg?v=1621786268 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Hak-1024x1024.jpg?v=1621786268 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Hak-150x150.jpg?v=1621786268 150w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Hak-768x768.jpg?v=1621786268 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Hak-370x370.jpg?v=1621786268 370w" sizes="(max-width: 1355px) 100vw, 1355px" alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Historical overview

The village is first mentioned by the 13th century historian Stepanos Orbelyan as a village located in the north-eastern part of historical Syunik – a village of Aghahetchk canton bordering on historical Artsakh, which was tributary to Tatev Monastery (Hakobyan, 1960, 209). It paid 15 units in taxes to the monastery (Orbelyan, 1910, 516). The folk etymology of the name Minkend (Turkish: literally a thousand villages) is linked to a legend, according to which it was the 1000th settlement destroyed during the invasion of Tamerlane (Ghanalanyan, 1969, 172). The village was inhabited by Armenians until the beginning of the 18th century, later it was depopulated of Armenians. Instead, Kurds settled here. Only in 1841 did the Armenian population again return to the village, when the Armenians who had moved from Khndzoresk village settled in the village thus living in a separate district. The Armenian population suffered significantly during the 1905 Armenian-Tatar clashes, and in 1918 the village was finally depopulated of Armenians. During the Soviet years, the population of the village presented Turkified Kurds (Karapetyan 2001, 129-130).

Architectural-compositional description

St. Minas Church is located in the center of the village (Figs. 1, 2).

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/001-3.jpg?v=1621762458" width="1985" height="1365" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/001-3.jpg?v=1621762458 1985w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/001-3-300x206.jpg?v=1621762458 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/001-3-1024x704.jpg?v=1621762458 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/001-3-768x528.jpg?v=1621762458 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/001-3-1536x1056.jpg?v=1621762458 1536w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/001-3-370x254.jpg?v=1621762458 370w" sizes="(max-width: 1985px) 100vw, 1985px" title="Fig. 1 The general view of the church, photo by H. Abrahamyan." alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Fig. 1 The general view of the church, photo by H. Abrahamyan.

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/002-3-1.jpg?v=1621762468" width="2048" height="1365" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/002-3-1.jpg?v=1621762468 2048w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/002-3-1-300x200.jpg?v=1621762468 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/002-3-1-1024x683.jpg?v=1621762468 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/002-3-1-768x512.jpg?v=1621762468 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/002-3-1-1536x1024.jpg?v=1621762468 1536w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/002-3-1-370x247.jpg?v=1621762468 370w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/002-3-1-272x182.jpg?v=1621762468 272w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" title="Fig. 2 The general view of the church, photo by R. Matevosyan." alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Fig. 2 The general view of the church, photo by R. Matevosyan.

By its plan it is a three-nave basilica-type vaulted church with a gable roof (Fig. 3).

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/003-2-1.jpg?v=1621762481" width="960" height="636" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/003-2-1.jpg?v=1621762481 960w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/003-2-1-300x199.jpg?v=1621762481 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/003-2-1-768x509.jpg?v=1621762481 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/003-2-1-370x245.jpg?v=1621762481 370w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" title="Fig. 3 The church plan, S. Karapetyan, Armenian cultural monuments in the region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 127." alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Fig. 3 The church plan, S. Karapetyan, Armenian cultural monuments in the region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 127.

In the east it ends with a semicircular altar and adjacent vestries. It has extensive dimensions (22.58x12.60 m). It is built of wrought gray-yellowish polished and rough stones and lime mortar. The only entrance is on the southern side (Fig. 4). It is arrow-shaped, with a frame decorated with oblique cylinders. The building inscription engraved on the rectangular lintel reads: “This newly-baptized (newly consecrated) holy church was built by people of Hak. In the year of 1675” (CAI, 1982, 194). The third line of the inscription is scratched for an unknown reason. Near the right corner of the epigraph is engraved the date “1673” in a typical style of the 19th century (Fig. 5). In the 19th century, the church is sometimes referred to as St. Gevorg. The church started functioning as the parish church of Hak since 1858. It is probable that the southern pair of windows was also transformed and expanded at this time.

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/004-2-1.jpg?v=1621762477" width="500" height="752" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/004-2-1.jpg?v=1621762477 500w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/004-2-1-199x300.jpg?v=1621762477 199w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/004-2-1-246x370.jpg?v=1621762477 246w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" title="Fig. 4 The main entrance of the church, photo by H. Abrahamyan." alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Fig. 4 The main entrance of the church, photo by H. Abrahamyan.

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/005-2-1.jpg?v=1621762475" width="1499" height="715" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/005-2-1.jpg?v=1621762475 1499w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/005-2-1-300x143.jpg?v=1621762475 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/005-2-1-1024x488.jpg?v=1621762475 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/005-2-1-768x366.jpg?v=1621762475 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/005-2-1-370x176.jpg?v=1621762475 370w" sizes="(max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px" title="Fig. 5 The building inscription of the church, photo by H. Abrahamyan." alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Fig. 5 The building inscription of the church, photo by H. Abrahamyan.

The condition before and after the war

The church used to be in a state of disrepair during the Soviet era. It did not suffer during the Artsakh wars. Sponsored by Virginia Davis, it was renovated in 2009 by the Tufenkian Foundation and was re-consecrated in the same year. After the Azeri takeover of Kashatagh region in December 2020, the church was still standing, the lintel inscription of the entrance was on its place.

Bibliography

Corpus of Armenian Inscriptions, Release 5, Artsakh, Yerevan, 1982.

Karapetyan S., Armenian cultural monuments in the region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001.

Hakobyan T., Outlines of the historical geography of Armenia, Yerevan, 1960.

Ghanalanyan A., Armenian traditions, Yerevan, 1969.

Stepanos Orbelyan, History of the Province of Syunik, Tiflis, 1910.

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Церковь в Вакунисе

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Локализация

Село Вакунис находится в Кашатахском районе республики Арцах, на 46 км севернее Бердзора, на берегу притока реки Хакари Шалва. В центре села находится церковь 17-ого века (рис. 1, 2 ).

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Рис. 1 Вид Вакуниса с юго-запада, фото А. Абраамяна.

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Рис. 2 Вид Вакуниса с юго-востока, фото А. Абрамяна.

Исторический обзор

Исторических сведений о церкви Вакуниса нет. Беря за основу архитектурно-композиционные решения, встроенные в стены хачкары и надгробные плиты, то церковь можно датировать 17 в. Курды, которые обосновались в селе со второй половины 18-ого века, использовали церковь в хозяйственных целях.

Архитектурно-композиционное описание

Церковь построена из местного необработанного камня с использованием известкового раствора. Здание представляет собой однонефную базилику с прямоугольной абсидой в восточной части и двумя ризницами по обе ее стороны (рис. 3). Внешние размеры здания - 11․70 x 8․20 м (Карапетян 2000, 168, рис. 4).

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Рис. 3 Внутренний вид церкви Вакуниса, фото А. Абраамяна.

Полуцилиндрический свод (не сохранился) образовал арку, опиравшуюся на два пилястра - южной и северных стен. Единственный вход – в западной части. Он имеет вид стрельчатой арки, окаймленной старыми хачкарами и надгробиями (рис. 5, 6). В северной стене у ризницы расположена каменная купель стрельчатой формы. Хачкары и нагробные плиты были использованы также для оформления входа в ризницы. В церкви  имеются три окна, которые приходятся на восточную стену алтарной части и ризниц.

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-scaled.jpg?v=1622640284" width="1702" height="2560" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-scaled.jpg?v=1622640284 1702w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-199x300.jpg?v=1622640284 199w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-681x1024.jpg?v=1622640284 681w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-768x1155.jpg?v=1622640284 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-1021x1536.jpg?v=1622640284 1021w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-1362x2048.jpg?v=1622640284 1362w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/006-3-1-246x370.jpg?v=1622640284 246w" sizes="(max-width: 1702px) 100vw, 1702px" title="Рис. 6 Надгробная плита, использованная в качестве левого надолба у входа в церковь Вакуниса, фото А. Абраамяна." alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Рис. 6 Надгробная плита, использованная в качестве левого надолба у входа в церковь Вакуниса, фото А. Абраамяна.

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/004.png?v=1622640085" width="700" height="621" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/004.png?v=1622640085 700w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/004-300x266.png?v=1622640085 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/004-370x328.png?v=1622640085 370w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" title="Рис. 4 План церкви Вакуниса, Карапетян С. Памятники Армянской культуры в зоне Нагорного Карабаха, стр. 168." alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Рис. 4 План церкви Вакуниса, Карапетян С. Памятники Армянской культуры в зоне Нагорного Карабаха, стр. 168.

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-scaled.jpg?v=1622640326" width="1702" height="2560" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-scaled.jpg?v=1622640326 1702w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-199x300.jpg?v=1622640326 199w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-681x1024.jpg?v=1622640326 681w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-768x1155.jpg?v=1622640326 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-1021x1536.jpg?v=1622640326 1021w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-1362x2048.jpg?v=1622640326 1362w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-7-246x370.jpg?v=1622640326 246w" sizes="(max-width: 1702px) 100vw, 1702px" title="Рис. 5 Вход в церковь Вакуниса, фото А. Абрамяна." alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Рис. 5 Вход в церковь Вакуниса, фото А. Абрамяна.

В стены встроены многочисленные хачкары и надгробные плиты 13-17 вв. (рис. 7, 8). На трех из них имеются надписи (Карапетян, 2000, 168). В западной части церкви сохранились следы гораздо ранней постройки из тесаных камней. Вокруг постройки некогда простиралось кладбище того же периода, от которого осталось несколько надгробий.

Состояние помятника до, во время и после войны

В церкви Вакуниса, помимо переноса изнутри наружу насыпной земли, совершенного еще до войны, никаких изменений зафиксировано не было.

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-scaled.jpg?v=1622640495" width="2560" height="1702" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-scaled.jpg?v=1622640495 2560w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-300x199.jpg?v=1622640495 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-1024x681.jpg?v=1622640495 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-768x511.jpg?v=1622640495 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-1536x1021.jpg?v=1622640495 1536w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-2048x1362.jpg?v=1622640495 2048w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-370x246.jpg?v=1622640495 370w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1-272x182.jpg?v=1622640495 272w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" title="Рис. 7 Надгробная плита, использованная в качестве тимпана над входом в южную ризницу, фото А. Абраамяна." alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Рис. 7 Надгробная плита, использованная в качестве тимпана над входом в южную ризницу, фото А. Абраамяна.

		<img src="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-scaled.jpg?v=1622640455" width="2560" height="1702" srcset="https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-scaled.jpg?v=1622640455 2560w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-300x199.jpg?v=1622640455 300w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-1024x681.jpg?v=1622640455 1024w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-768x511.jpg?v=1622640455 768w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-1536x1021.jpg?v=1622640455 1536w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-2048x1362.jpg?v=1622640455 2048w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-370x246.jpg?v=1622640455 370w, https://monumentwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/008-1-1-272x182.jpg?v=1622640455 272w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" title="Рис. 8 Хачкары, встроенные в стены церкви Вакуниса, фото А. Абраамяна." alt="" loading="lazy" 		class="so-widget-image"/>

Рис. 8 Хачкары, встроенные в стены церкви Вакуниса, фото А. Абраамяна.

Анализ письменных источников

Исследователь С. Карапетян в своей работе «Памятники Армянской культуры в зоне Нагорного Карабаха» село Вакунис именует Бчанц и связывает его с селом, упоминаемым в надписи 1214 года на главной церкви монастыря Дадиванк (Карапетян 2000, 168).

Литература

Карапетян 2000 - Карапетян С., Памятники Армянской культуры в зоне Нагорного Карабаха.

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