St. Stepanos Monastery was an Armenian monastery located near the village of
Shurud (
Julfa District
Julfa District () is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the districts of Ordubad, Babek, Shahbuz, as well as the Syunik Province of Armenia and the East Azerbaijan Province of Ira ...
) of the
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
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of
Azerbaijan
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.
History
The monastery was founded in the 9th or 10th centuries. It was renovated in the 17th century as well as in the 19th–20th centuries.
[Ayvazyan, Argam. ''The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan''. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, 82.]
Architecture
The monastery had a single-chamber nave, a rectangular apse, and an entryway in the west. There were Armenian inscriptions inside the monastery.
Destruction
The monastery was destroyed at some point between 1997 and June 15, 2006, as documented by investigation of the Caucasus Heritage Watch.
References
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Destroyed Armenian Apostolic monasteries in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic