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Revision as of 00:46, 14 December 2007 by Le Pied-bot~enwiki (talk | contribs) (robot Adding: ru:Цицернаванк)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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 oblast of Azerbaijan.
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 Ererouk, Eghvard, Dvin, Ashtarak (Ciranavor), 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 was reopened after a restoration in 1999-2000 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).
Links
- Tzitzernavank, The Armenian Studies Program, Csufresno.edu
- Dzidzernavank, Adriano Alpago Novello, ARCHITETTURA ARMENA - Catalogo della MOSTRA DI ARCHITETTURA ARMENA tenuta a Bergamo, presso il Palazzo della Ragione, 1975 - Torino
- Photoes of Tzitzernavank at RAA official site
- 1700 years of Christian Armenia / Tsitsernavank (in Russian)
- A Brief History of the Art and Architecture of Artsakh — Nagorno Karabakh, by P. Donabedian, Dr. L. Durnovo, Dr. A. Yakobson, Dr. B. Ulubabian, S. Karapetian and B. Baratov
References
- Thais.it - Architettura Armena
- Orthodox encyclopedia, ed. by the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Alexius II, article "Armenia"
- IN SEARCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE EREROUK BASILICA, by Dickran Kouymjian, Armenian Studies, Csufresno.edu
- В Цицернаванке праздновали день Святого Георгия Победоносца, Kavkaz.Memo.Ru, 29/9/2003 (in Russian)
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