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Saint Sarkis Church of Ashtarak

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Address
  
25, Ashtarak, Armenia

Affiliation
  
Armenian Apostolic Church

Architectural style
  
Armenian Architecture

Number of domes
  
1

Saint Sarkis Church of Ashtarak

Location
  
Ashtarak, Aragatsotn Province,  Armenia

Architectural type
  
Small cruciform central-plan

Completed
  
Built on earlier foundations; Restored in the 19th century

Similar
  
Tsiranavor Church of Ashtarak, Spitakavor Church of Ashtarak, Krtsanis Tsiranavor Surp Astv, Saint Sarkis Monaster, Targmanchats monastery

The church of Saint Sarkis (Armenian: 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 rest on top of the church. Four small windows are located around the drum and upon the walls directly below at each of the four sides of the church. The interior stone has not been changed, yet the exterior façades have had extensive restoration work done recently. It looks to be a new church, but a small number of the older original stones carved with decorative relief and inscriptions (replaced with new stone and now sitting next to the foundation of the building) show its age to be much older.

References

Saint Sarkis Church of Ashtarak Wikipedia


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