Armenian Churches

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Tower of Armenian Cathedral in Lviv

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"The Holy Savior Cathedral" ... Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ մայր տաճար (Surb Amenap′rkich mayr tachar), in Shusha, was liberated by Armenian military units, in May, 1992, and spared from any further acts of desecration and evil, perpetrated by Azerbaijan's occupying forces.

Azeri military units used the Armenian Church as a grad missile munition depot, during the Siege of Stepanakert (November, 1991 - May, 1992). In addition to being used as a munition depot, Azeri military units repeatedly tried to burn it down, but The Holy Savior Cathedral miraculously remained intact, until it was liberated. The church's stone sculptures of angels were vandalized and pounded into pieces; its bronze bell was looted, and sold to a Ukrainian marketplace, where it was miraculously discovered, but the Ukrainian merchants were glad to make a profit, when they sold it back to the surprised, but delighted Armenian.

This video is a landmark video from the Karabakh War (1988-1994), it shows inspirational early moments, when the Holy Savior Cathedral was liberated and restored.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazanchetsots_Cathedral

According to Armenian political analyst Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan the cathedral was set on fire three times between 1988 and 1991 using car tires. Azerbaijanis dismantled the stone statues of angels on the bell tower in 1989. They reportedly sold off its bronze bell, which was later found in a market in Donetsk, Ukraine and was bought by an Armenian officer for 3 million rubles and sent it back to Armenia. When Shusha was captured by Armenian forces on May 9, 1992, it was a turning point of the war. Prior to the fall of Shusha, Azerbaijani forces stored hundreds of boxes of Grad missiles as the cathedral was safe from potential Armenian bombardment. Shusha was used as a base for shelling of Stepanakert, the largest city of Karabakh, with Grad launchers for several months. Armenian volunteers, including noted activist Igor Muradyan, carried the wooden boxes of artillery and rocket shells out of the church immediately after the capture of the city. The flag of Armenia was raised on top of the damaged dome by Armenian troops.

[Decius]

"The Holy Savior Cathedral" ... Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ մայր տաճար (Surb Amenap′rkich mayr tachar), in Shusha, was liberated by Armenian military units, in May, 1992, and spared from any further acts of desecration and evil, perpetrated by Azerbaijan's occupying forces.
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Thank god it was restored

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"The Holy Savior Cathedral" ... Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ մայր տաճար (Surb Amenap′rkich mayr tachar), in Shusha, was liberated by Armenian military units, in May, 1992, and spared from any further acts of desecration and evil, perpetrated by Azerbaijan's occupying forces.

Azeri military units used the Armenian Church as a grad missile munition depot, during the Siege of Stepanakert (November, 1991 - May, 1992). In addition to being used as a munition depot, Azeri military units repeatedly tried to burn it down, but The Holy Savior Cathedral miraculously remained intact, until it was liberated. The church's stone sculptures of angels were vandalized and pounded into pieces; its bronze bell was looted, and sold to a Ukrainian marketplace, where it was miraculously discovered, but the Ukrainian merchants were glad to make a profit, when they sold it back to the surprised, but delighted Armenian.

This video is a landmark video from the Karabakh War (1988-1994), it shows inspirational early moments, when the Holy Savior Cathedral was liberated and restored.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazanchetsots_Cathedral

Beautiful. Great victory for the Christians.

[Arsen_]

Armenian Church, Grozny, Russia (Chechnya), was built in 1873, unfortunately has not survived to our days

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In 1737 Armenians built an Armenian church in Kabul, Afghanistan. As I read it was on Balayi-Sar Street near the fortress gates of Djalalabad. But this church has not survived to our days. I would like to find some old picture of that church. Can anybody help?

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It's a Monastery of the Holy Cross, a medieval Armenian monastery located on the Crimean peninsula near Staryi Krym, was founded in 1358

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Armenian Church of Holy Mother of God in Nicosia, Cyprus

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Armenian church of Virgin Mary in Chennai (Madras), South India, one of the oldest Christian churches of Indian subcontinent, was built in 1712 and reconstructed in 1772.