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St. Sarkis Church (other)
St. Sarkis Church, Saint Sarkis Church, or Marsarkis Church may refer to: Churches by country Armenia * St. Sarkis Church (Ashtarak, Aragatsotn, Armenia) in Ashtarak, Aragatsotn, Armenia * in Berd, Tavush, Armenia * in Bjni, Kotayk, Armenia * in Dovegh, Tavush, Armenia * St. Sarkis Church (Tsovinar, Gegharkunik, Armenia) in Tsovinar, Gegharkunik, Armenia * St. Sarkis Church (Yerevan, Armenia) in Yerevan, Armenia Azerbaijan * in Ganja, Ganja-Dashkasan, Azerbaijan * , in Shahbuzkand, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan Georgia * St. Sarkis Church (Tbilisi, Georgia) in Tbilisi, Georgia Iran * St. Sarkis Church (Isfahan, Iran) in Isfahan, Iran * St. Sarkis Church (Khoy, West Azerbaijan, Iran) in Khoy, West Azerbaijan, Iran * St. Sarkis Church (Sir, West Azerbaijan, Iran) in Sir, West Azerbaijan, Iran * St. Sarkis Church (Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran) in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran Turkey * Little Hagia Sophia, formerly the 'Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus', i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Sarkis Church Of Ashtarak
The church of Saint Sarkis ( hy, Սուրբ Սարգիս եկեղեցի; pronounced ''Surp Sarkis'') is located at the edge of a gorge opposite the town of Ashtarak in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It is situated at an attractive point at a promontory overlooking the gorge and offers a fine view to the three churches of Tsiranavor, Spitakavor, and Karmravor. Located in the center of town nearby is also the church of S. Mariane. Directly below Saint Sarkis in the gorge is a unique bridge built in 1664. A path leads down from the church into the gorge and across the bridge which leads to the town. Architecture Saint Sarkis Church has a small cruciform central-plan supposedly built in the 19th century on an old foundation. A single drum and umbrella type dome A dome () is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere. There is significant overlap with the term cupola, which may also refer to a dome or a structure on top of a dome. The precise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berd
Berd ( hy, Բերդ) is a town and urban municipal community in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The town is located to the west of the Tavush river, from Yerevan, surrounded by low mountains. Near the city are the ruins of the Tavush fortress (10th century) and the Nor Varagavank and Khoranashat monasteries (12th century). Other monasteries nearby include Shkhmuradi, Srveghi, and Kaptavank. Etymology ''Berd ( Armenian: բերդ)'' means "fortress" or castle. The small city was named ''Berd'' because the ruins of the Tavush castle were located in the outskirts of Berd. The town was formerly known as ''Berdagyugh'', ''Gamma, ''Tavuzghala'', ''Tauzkend'', ''Volorut'', ''Shlorut'' and ''Ghalakyand''. History Historically, the area of modern-day Berd was part of the ''Tuchkatak'' canton of Utik, the 12th province of Greater Armenia. Berd has also historical meaning because In the 10th century it was the residence of the Armenian king Ashot Yerkat (Iron). Also, the fortress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjni
Bjni ( hy, Բջնի), is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It is situated in a valley between canyon walls and a small river. The village is one of the prominent centers of education and culture of ancient and medieval Armenia. It is the birthplace of the 11th-century scholar Grigor Magistros. History The first recorded mention of the village was by the 5th- to 6th-century chronicler and historian Ghazar Parpetsi. In the 11th century, the lands of Bjni were passed to the Pahlavuni family and played a significant role in Armenian life during the Bagratuni Dynasty. Around this time, King Hovhannes-Smbat made the decision that the lands should become an Episcopal settlement. In 1066, the election for the Patriarch took place in Bjni. At the beginning of the 13th century, the lands were passed on to the Zakharyan family. A century later in the years 1387-1388 the Turko-Mongol conqueror Timur Lenk destroyed the village of Bjni. The French traveler Jean Chardin visited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dovegh
Dovegh ( hy, Դովեղ), previously also known as Dvegh, is a village in the Tavush Province of Armenia. Notable people * Tatul Hakobyan __NOTOC__ Tatul Ashiki Hakobyan ( hy, Թաթուլ Աշիկի Հակոբյան; born December 29, 1969) is an Armenian reporter and an independent political analyst. Early life and education Hakobyan was born in the village of Dovegh in northeas ... – reporter and political analyst References External links * Populated places in Tavush Province {{Tavush-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Sarkis Church Of Tsovinar
The small church of Saint Sarkis (Armenian: Սուրբ Սարգիս եկեղեցի; pronounced ''Surp Sarkis'') is located in the foothills south of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The structure was built between the 12th to 13th centuries and sits south of the village of Tsovinar on a promontory overlooking a small gorge. It has no dome, and a nearly flat roof covered in living grass. The church was allegedly "rebuilt" in the 20th century, but it is more likely that the roof and some of the stonework had just been repaired. Surrounding Surp Sarkis is a small cemetery of medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the Post-classical, post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with t ... graves, and just below the church in the ravine is a spring and cave. Gallery Image:S. Sarkis Grave Tsovinar.JPG, Medieval gravest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganja, Azerbaijan
Ganja (; az, Gəncə ) is Azerbaijan's third largest city, with a population of around 335,600.Azərbaycan Respublikası. — 2. Azərbaycan Respublikasının iqtisadi və inzibati rayonları. — 2.4. Azərbaycan Respublikasının iqtisadi və inzibati rayonlarının ərazisi, əhalisinin sayı və sıxlığı, səhifə 66. /Azərbaycanın əhalisi (statistik bülleten) Müəllifi: Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi. Buraxılışa məsul şəxs: Rza Allahverdiyev. Bakı — 2015, 134 səhifə. The city has been a historic and cultural center throughout most of its existence. It was the capital of the Ganja Khanate until 1804; after Qajar Iran ceded it to the Russian Empire following the Treaty of Gulistan in 1813, it became part of the administrative divisions of the Georgia Governorate, Georgia-Imeretia Governorate, Tiflis Governorate, and Elizavetpol Governorate. Following the dissolution of the Russian Empire and the Transcaucasian Democratic Federa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Şahbuzkənd
Şahbuzkənd (also, Shahbuzkand, Kənd Şahbuz and Kend Shahbuz) is a village and municipality in the Shahbuz District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Shahbuz-Kechili highway, 7 km in the south-east from the district center, on the foothill area. Its population is busy with gardening and animal husbandry. There are secondary school,library, club, kindergarten and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,197. Etymology The toponym of the ''Shahbuzkand'' is related with the fortress which existed in the early Middle Ages and remained the ruins, and the name of the fortress is connected with the name of the mountain ''Şahbuztəpə''. Nearby there is ''Köhnə qala'' (the old castle) the place of residence of the medieval period. The name of the ''Şahbuztəpə'', made out from the components of the ''Şah'' (high, large), ''buz'' // ''bus'' (in the Turkic languages, "the ledge, the mountain"), ''təpə'' "hill" and means "the high m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Sarkis Church, Tbilisi
Saint Sarkis Church ( hy, Սուրբ Սարգիս եկեղեցի), is an Armenian church in Harpukh Sulfuric Baths district of Old Tbilisi, Georgia. Destroyed by Lavrentiy Beria order in 1930s. Name The church was located on Saint Sarkis street (curr. Griashvili) and got its name from it. History The construction started in 1737 by Ter-Sukias, Archpriest of Norashen church. Armenian catholicos Simmeon Yerevantsi (1763-1782) thoroughly listing Armenian churches of Tbilisi mentions: "there is one more church in the fortress, called Cathedral, originally belonged to the Holy Throne, but now the fortress in being settled by Muslims who occupy the church as well. Since then the church is empty, is deprived of the parish; even the fact it belonged to the Holy Throne is being forgotten". In 1795 Agha Mohammad Khan forces enter the city and completely destroy the district of Sulfuric Baths. After entering Russian Empire Tbilisi became governmental center and started rapidly develop. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Hagia Sophia
Little Hagia Sophia Mosque (church) ( tr, Küçük Ayasofya Camii), formerly the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus ( el, , ''Ekklēsía tôn Hagíōn Sergíou kaì Bákchou en toîs Hormísdou''), is a former Greek Eastern Orthodox church dedicated to Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Constantinople, built between 532 and 536, and converted into a mosque during the Ottoman Empire. This Byzantine building with a central dome plan was erected in the sixth century by Justinian; despite its Turkish name, it likely was not a model for Hagia Sophia ("Holy Wisdom"), with which its construction was contemporary, but it is nonetheless one of the most important early Byzantine buildings in Istanbul. It was recognized at the time by Procopius as an adornment to the entire city, and a modern historian of the East Roman Empire has written that the church "by the originality of its architecture and the sumptuousness of its carved decoration, ranks in Constantinople second only to S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tekor Basilica
The Church of Saint Sarkis in Tekor (also known as the Tekor Basilica hy, Տեկորի տաճար) was a 5th-century Armenian church built in historical Armenia. It was located facing the town of Digor in the Kars Province of Turkey, about 16 kilometers west of the Armenian border. Tekor was a three aisled basilica with a dome. It was severely damaged by earthquakes in 1912 and 1936, and later damaged by vandalism. Now only the lower parts of the rubble and concrete core of the walls remain, the facing stone apparently removed to build the town hall (now itself demolished) in the 1960s. The inscription dating the building to the 480s was the oldest known writing in the Armenian language. at VirtualAni.org Architectural significance The Basilica of Saint Sarkis is significant in Armenian architectural his ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damascus, Syria
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Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran
Saint Sarkis Cathedral (Armenian: , , (Persian: , ) is an Armenian Apostolic church in Tehran, Iran, completed in 1970 and named after Saint Sarkis the Warrior. It is the cathedral of the Armenian Diocese of Tehran, one of three Armenian dioceses in Iran, whose prelate is archbishop Sepuh Sargsyan. Location Saint Sarkis Cathedral is located at Karimkhan Zand Street, at the beginning of Nejatollahi Street (former Villa Street) in Tehran.کلیسای سرکیس مقدس تهران،کلیساهای تاریخی ایران،درگاه کویر، معماری و بناها [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
