Kusanats Anapat

Kusanats Anapat (Armenian: Կուսանաց անապատ), or Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') is an Armenian monastery in Kalbajar District, Azerbaijan, about 3 km northwest of Dadivank Monastery.[1]

Kusanats Anapat
Կուսանաց անապատ
Religion
AffiliationArmenian Apostolic Church
Location
LocationKalbajar District, Azerbaijan
Shown within Azerbaijan
Kusanats Anapat (Republic of Artsakh)
Geographic coordinates40.171069°N 46.258621°E / 40.171069; 46.258621
Architecture
TypeMonastery, Church
StyleArmenian
Completed12th–13th centuries

History and architecture

The monastery belongs to the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and consists of the cathedral church of St. Astvatsatsin and about 20 structures and rooms.[2]

The oldest building is the St. Astvatsatsin Church, which has the inscription; "… princess daughter of King Kyurike… in 1174".

Modern period

According to monument expert Samvel Karapetyan, in front of the small eastern church, until 1989, two khachkars were placed side by side in their original place. While part of the Azerbaijani SSR, the monument suffered a lot, and an attempt was made to eliminate Armenian tracex in order to present it as Caucasian Albanian. These khachkars had disappeared by the time Armenian forces took control of the region in April 1993, but the inscriptions made on them had been recorded.[3]։

In 1994, following the end of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the monastery came under the control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh.

In the aftermath of the Nagorno-Karabakh war in 2020, which resulted in a ceasefire agreement stipulating an Armenian withdrawal from Kalbajar and a return of the surrounding area to Azerbaijan, the monastery was included in the territory to come under Azerbaijani control.

See also

References
  1. Mkrtchian, Shahen (1988). Historical and Architectural Monuments of Nagorno Karabakh. Yerevan: Hayastan Publishing House.
  2. Mkrtchian, Shahen (1988). Historical and Architectural Monuments of Nagorno Karabakh. Yerevan: Hayastan Publishing House.
  3. "Ս. Կարապետյան, ՀԱՅ ՄՇԱԿՈՒՅԹԻ ՀՈՒՇԱՐՁԱՆՆԵՐԸ ԽՈՐՀՐԴԱՅԻՆ ԱԴՐԲԵՋԱՆԻՆ ԲՌՆԱԿՑՎԱԾ ՇՐՋԱՆՆԵՐՈՒՄ, էջ 77-81" (PDF).
  • Mkrtchian, Shahen. Historical and Architectural Monuments of Nagorno Karabakh. Yerevan: Hayastan Publishing House, 1988
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