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| ⚫ | The '''Church of Kish''' ({{lang-hy|Սուրբ Եղիշե Եկեղեցի}},St. Yeghishe Church; {{lang-az|Kiş Kilise}}) is a former ] church located in the village of Kish, approximately 5km north from ], ]. | ||
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| St. Yeghishe the Apostle is traditionally regarded as the founder of the church, in the 1st century AD, though the current structure dates from 1244, built by Archbishop Serapheme. During the 19th century, St. Yeghishe was a famous and sacred place of pilgrimage for the Armenians throughout Transcaucasia; where they annually gathered there to celebrate Vardavar. The church was subject to harassment by local Moslems in the 19th century, and in 1909, the cross on top of the dome was subject to firing practice. | |||
| ⚫ | The '''Church of Kish''' ({{lang-az|Kiş}}) is located in the village of Kish approximately 5km north from ], ]. | ||
| The sites around the church were excavated and reconstructed from 2000 until 2002, and the remains of bodies found within the present church walls, which date back to the 5th century, are on display in the church courtyard. | |||
| The medieval literary tradition suggests that the church was established in 62 A.D. by St. Eliseus, a disciple of apostle ].<ref></ref><ref></ref> | |||
| According to ], St. Eliseus arrived to a place called Gis, where he built a church and recited a liturgy. The church became the "spiritual center and the place of enlightenment of people of the East". On his way from Gis St. Eliseus was killed by unknown people.<ref></ref> It is believed that Gis is a reference to Kish. <ref name="eparhia"></ref> | |||
| The church (referred to as "Mother of All Eastern Churches")<ref></ref> was the first church of ] <ref></ref> and is believed to be the first church built in the ].<ref></ref> | |||
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| In 2000-2003 the ] funded a joint project between Baku State University for Architecture and Construction and the Norwegian Humanitarian Enterprise for archeological research and restoration of the church of Kish. Dr. Vilayat Karimov of Baku's Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography served as the Director of Excavations, and the Archaeological Advisor for the project was J. Bjørnar Storfjell, who currently directs the Thor Heyerdahl Research Centre in ], ]. ] of various objects found on the site showed that the cultic site found beneath the ] of the church dates to about 3000 B.C., while the construction of the existing church building dates to about the 12th century (990-1160 A.D.).<ref></ref> | |||
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| The existing church building cannot be dated to the times of St. Eliseus, but the archeological evidence demonstrates that the church is located on an ancient cultic site. It is very unlikely that St. Eliseus built in Kish a church in modern understanding of this word. Apparently, he built an altar or used an existing pagan cult structure.<ref name="eparhia"/> | |||
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| Nowadays, the church is considered to be one of the centres of Albanian-Udi Christian community in Azerbaijan.<ref> </ref> | |||
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The Church of Kish (Template:Lang-hy,St. Yeghishe Church; Template:Lang-az) is a former Armenian Apostolic church located in the village of Kish, approximately 5km north from Shaki, Azerbaijan.
St. Yeghishe the Apostle is traditionally regarded as the founder of the church, in the 1st century AD, though the current structure dates from 1244, built by Archbishop Serapheme. During the 19th century, St. Yeghishe was a famous and sacred place of pilgrimage for the Armenians throughout Transcaucasia; where they annually gathered there to celebrate Vardavar. The church was subject to harassment by local Moslems in the 19th century, and in 1909, the cross on top of the dome was subject to firing practice.
The sites around the church were excavated and reconstructed from 2000 until 2002, and the remains of bodies found within the present church walls, which date back to the 5th century, are on display in the church courtyard.
External Links
- Research on Armenian Architecture: Kish village, Shaki District, Republic of Azerbaijan
- The Kish Church
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