St. Grigor Church (Gomur)

St. Grigor Church of Gomer
St. Grigor Church of Gomer
Գոմերի Սուրբ Գրիգոր եկեղեցի
	St. Grigor Church of Gomer
Location	Gömür, Nakhchivan
Country	Azerbaijan
Denomination	Armenian Apostolic Church
History
Status	Destroyed
Founded	12th or 13th century
Architecture
Style	basilica
Demolished	1997–2009

St. Grigor Church was an Armenian church located in the village of Gomur (Shahbuz District) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.^[1] It was located atop high ground in the center of the village.^[1]^[2]

History

The church was founded in the 12th or 13th century and was renovated in the 17th century.^[2]^[3]

Architecture

The basilica-style church consisted of a single nave, two aisles, two vestries, and a hall, with decorated doorways in the west and south. There were two khachkars with relief decorations on the western. There were Armenian inscriptions on the western and southern facades.^[2]^[3]

Destruction

The church was in a well-preserved condition in the late Soviet period.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was listed on the 1988 list of Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Azerbaijan SSR under inventory number 2856.^[1] However, it was destroyed at some point between 1997 and November 11, 2009, as documented by Caucasus Heritage Watch.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Khatchadourian, Lori; Smith, Adam T.; Ghulyan, Husik; Lindsay, Ian (2022). Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies: Ithaca, NY. pp. 424–427. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.
1 2 3 4 Ayvazian, Argam, The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, p. 113.
1 2 3 Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, pp. 155–156.

[adobe-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Khatchadourian, Lori; Smith, Adam T.; Ghulyan, Husik; Lindsay, Ian (2022). Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies: Ithaca, NY. pp. 424–427. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.

[:1-2] 1 2 3 4 Ayvazian, Argam, The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, p. 113.

[:2-3] 1 2 3 Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, pp. 155–156.

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