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Tzitzernavank (Dzidzernavank) Monastery (Template:Lang-hy, Swallows Monastery) is an Armenian Apostolic Church monastery located in Lachin district and situated in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region in the South Caucasus.

The monastery dates from the 4th - 6th centuries and recognized as a native Armenian example of an “oriental” architectural type . Being a three-nave basilica, like most of those in Armenia of V-VI centuries , Tzitzernavank's central nave is only slightly taller than the lateral naves, from which it is separated by two courses of pilasters. The plan is similar to a series of Armenian basilicas like Ererouyk, Eghvard, Dvin, Ashtarak (Tziranavor), Tekor - in that it had an interior composed of three aisles or naves, the central and largest one of which was separated from the others by pillars which also helped support the roof.

The basilica of Tzitzernavank Monastery was believed to contain relics of St. George the Dragon-Slayer. In the past, the monastery belonged to the Tatev eparchy and is mentioned as a notable religious center by the 13th century historian Stephanos Orbelian and Bishop Tovma Vanandetsi (1655).

The church of St. George (St. Gevorg) was reopened after a restoration in 1999-2000, and is a venue of annual festivals honoring St. George. and became a venue of autumn festivals organized annually on St. George's Day.

Publications

  • P. Cuneo, La basiliąuede Cicernavank dans le Karabagh, „Revues des Etudes Armeniennes NS”, IV: 1967, s. 203-216 (in French).

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References

  1. Thais.it - Architettura Armena
  2. Orthodox encyclopedia, ed. by the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Alexius II, article "Armenia"
  3. IN SEARCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE EREROUK BASILICA, by Dickran Kouymjian, Armenian Studies, Csufresno.edu
  4. В Цицернаванке праздновали день Святого Георгия Победоносца, Kavkaz.Memo.Ru, 29/9/2003 (in Russian)
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