"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
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