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Three Saints Church
Azerbaijani: Üçmüqəddəs kilsəsi
Russian: Нухинская трехсвятительская церковь
Religion
AffiliationRussian Orthodox Church (formerly)
Location
LocationShaki, Azerbaijan
Three Saints Church (Shaki) is located in AzerbaijanThree Saints Church (Shaki)Shown within Azerbaijan
Geographic coordinates41°12′16″N 47°11′54″E / 41.204444°N 47.198333°E / 41.204444; 47.198333
Architecture
Completed19th century

Nukha Three Saints Church (Azerbaijani: Üçmüqəddəs kilsəsi; Russian: Нухинская трехсвятительская церковь, romanized: Nukhinskaya trekhsvyatitel'skaya tserkov'), Nukha Holy Church (Russian: Нухинская Святительская церковь, romanized: Nukhinskaya Svyatitel'skaya tserkov') or Round Temple (Azerbaijani: Dairəvi məbəd) is a former Russian Orthodox church building located in Shaki, Azerbaijan near Khan's Palace, named after the Cappadocian Fathers.

History

Three Saints Church marked as "mosque" in Russian, in a 1853 drawn plan of Shaki castle

The history of the church's foundation is ambiguous, which has led some researchers to identify the building as a Caucasian Albanian church, a former mosque and a chapel for the Imperial Russian garrison. The church's presence was not mentioned prior to 1853, when a priest known as Yevstafiy was appointed to serve in the church. Another priest, Gavriil Pechenskiy, served in Nukha c. 1894–1896. Georgian priest David Utiyev, a missionary to the local Muslim Ingiloy population of Tasmalı in 1875 was also based in the Three Saints Church. His grave is inside the yard of church.

Former mosque claim

A claim of the church being converted from a mosque was mentioned by the Russian traveller Joseph Segal in 1902 and Azerbaijani writer Rashid beg Afandizadeh in 1925. However, according to a report by a Russian officer stationed in the city, it was the khan's home-mosque converted to chapel.

Graveyard

The church graveyard houses at least three tombstones belonging to Imperial Russian officers and David Utiyev, a Georgian priest.

Current use

The church is currently functioning as the local Museum of Folk and Applied Arts. It is listed as country-level important monument in the Ministry of Culture database.

Gallery

  • Grave with Armenian inscriptions Grave with Armenian inscriptions
  • Grave with Georgian inscriptions Grave with Georgian inscriptions
  • Tombstone of David Utiyev Tombstone of David Utiyev
  • Grave decoration Grave decoration

References

  1. Strannik (in Russian). Vol. 3. Saint Petersburg. 1861. p. 22. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Церковныя вѣдомости (in Russian). Vol. 18. Russian Orthodox Church. 1905. p. 175. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. "132 - Azərbaycan Respublikası ərazisində dövlət mühafizəsinə götürülmüş daşınmaz tarix və mədəniyyət abidələrinin əhəmiyyət dərəcələrinə görə bölgüsünün təsdiq edilməsi haqqında". www.e-qanun.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  4. Mamedova, Gi︠u︡lʹchokhra. (2004). Zodchestvo Kavkazskoĭ Albanii (Dop. i perer. izd ed.). Baku: Çaşioğlu. pp. 42–43. ISBN 9952270216. OCLC 69682833.
  5. ^ Segal, Iosif Leontievich (1902). "Елизаветпольская губерния впечатления и воспоминания : (из журнала "Кавказский вестник" за 1902 г.) – Донская Государственная Публичная Библиотека – Vivaldi" [Elizavetpol province impressions and memories]. vivaldi.dspl.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  6. Prosveščenija, Rossija Ministerstvo Narodnogo (1853). Žurnal Ministerstva Narodnago Prosveščenija: 1853,11 (in Russian). p. 149.
  7. Valyakin, Andrey (2011). Album: "Declassified. Abode of St. Paraskev. From the series Monasteries of Crimea » (PDF) (in Russian). General Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. p. 160.
  8. Aliyeva, Irada (2014). THE RELIGIOUS POLICY OF TSARIST RUSSIA IN THE NORTH-WEST AZERBAIJAN AND INGILOYS (XIX century) (PDF). Baku: Turxan. p. 22.
  9. Rashid, Afandizadeh (1925). "Nuxa qəzasındakı asarü-ətiqələr haqqında" [On the ancient monuments of Nukha]. docs.google.com. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  10. "Nuxa qalasının vəziyyəti barədə mayor Lisaneviçin 1819-cu ildə tərtib etdiyi akt: - www.shekitarixi.tqtt.info". shekitarixi.tqtt.info. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  11. "Mədəniyyət sahəsində elektron məlumat sistemi". mes.mctgov.az. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

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