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    MEDIEVAL CHURCH DISCOVERED IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH

    Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
    http://news.am/en/news/culture/3407.html
    A ug 31 2009
    Armenia

    The specialists of the Tourism Department, Government of the
    Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) discovered ruins of a church and
    khachkars (cross-stones) on the slope of a hill in the village of
    Krkzhan, to the south of Stepanakert.

    The village of Krkzhan is famous for its archeological
    finds. Archeologists found pitchers there before, and different
    articles can be found during construction work now. It is noteworthy
    that, in his book entitled Artsakh, Archbishop Markar Barkhudaryan
    mentions St. Stephen Church located there. The old residents of
    Krkzhan told about the church, but the young ones have not seen it.

    During the Soviet times the rapidly increasing Azerbaijani population
    in the village was ousting the Armenian elements toward Stepanakert.

    The newly discovered building is evidence of Azerbaijanis' attempts
    to blot out every trace of an Armenian church and cross-stones. The
    church was probably used as a cattle shed, and the cross-stones were
    broken to pieces, say the specialists.

    Sergey Shahverdyan, Head of the Tourism Department, said that an
    archeologist will be involved in the cleaning work at the church. At
    present, the specialists plan to clean the 12 meters high and five
    meters wide church building (a limestone structure with a baptistry)
    as well as the cross-stones and prepare them for the 10th anniversary
    of the re-establishment of the Armenian Church in the NKR.
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