The Church of Holy Karapet (in Armenian Դոնի Ռոստովի Սուրբ Կարապետ եկեղեցի ) is the Armenian church in Rostov-on-Don , the only Armenian church preserved in Nakhichevan-on-Don (except for the church of the monastery located outside Surb Khach . Located on the territory of the Armenian (Proletarian) cemetery near its eastern fence, its southern portal focuses on the main entrance gate of the cemetery, which, in turn, is the end of the street - the 10th line.
| Armenian church | |
| Church of St. Karapet | |
|---|---|
| Դոնի Ռոստովի Սուրբ Կարապետ եկեղեցի | |
 Church of St. Karapet. View from the south. | |
| A country |  Russia |
| City | Rostov-on-Don |
| Denomination | AAC |
| Type of building | Church |
| Architectural style | Basilican, cross-domed |
| Project Author | V.V. Sazonov |
| Builder | A.P. Aladjalyan |
| Architect | |
| Established | 1875 year |
| Building | 1875 - 1881 |
| Status |  OKN No. 6100045001 |
History
The Church of St. Karapet was founded in 1875 (architect V.V. Sazonov ), consecrated on July 11, 1881 . The history of the construction of the temple ensemble is associated with the name of the Nakhichevan noblewoman Akulina Pogosovna Aladzhalova, who died in 1871. A.P. Aladzhalova bequeathed her fortune to “build a stone church in the Armenian cemetery in the name of John the Baptist, as well as to establish a guardian house, a well and houses for the residence of poor homeless Armenian families. ” [1] . Aladzhalova was buried under the southwestern wall of the church.
Exterior
The spatial composition of the church of St. Karapet is built in a combination of forms of the basilica and cross-domed churches . In the design of the facades traced traditional Armenian motifs with carved stone details.
The dominant motif in the design of the facades is the arcade . It is represented in the first tier of the northern and southern facades with profiled archivolts and half-columns. The temple has three entrances - southern, western and northern - decorated with promising portals, completed with crosses. The prevailing role of the central nave is emphasized on the western and eastern facades by the motive growing towards the center of the arcade.
Interior
St. Karapet Church - for a long time remained the only one among all the churches of the city, which was built in the Armenian style (until the opening in 2011, on the site of the cathedral destroyed in the Soviet years, the church of Surb-Harutyun (Holy Sunday)). The internal situation is the same as in other Armenian churches. The church is notable for its peculiar laconicism. The iconostasis of the church is trimmed in walnut in the Anian style. The walls are decorated with ornamental plaster medallions and frames in which murals are placed.
The central icon of the Mother of God Church is set on a stepped podium. The original original murals are placed in medallions and frames: "St. Panteleimon "," St. George "," St. Barbara "," St. Stepanos ”and others. They impress with their laconicism , rigor and nobility of brown-olive color, despite the fact that they are executed in an academic manner.
Relics
For some time in the temple there was an ancient cross-stone (khachkar) Surb Khach [2]
Notes
- ↑ “Don temporary” / Don Culture / Monuments of history and culture of the Rostov region / A. Shestykh
- ↑ Svetlana Khachikyan. Khachkar Surb Khach again in Surb Khache (inaccessible link) . Nakhchivan news. Date of treatment September 15, 2013. Archived March 4, 2016.
Links
- G. Esaulov, V. Chernitsyna, Architectural Chronicle of Rostov-on-Don, Rostov-on-Don, 1999.
- V. Lobzhanidze, G. Laptev, Traveling in Old Rostov, Rostov-on-Don, 1997.
- V. Lobzhanidze, G. Laptev, V. Kustov, Traveling in Old Rostov, Rostov-on-Don, 2001, part 2.
- Photo of Armenian churches in different cities of the world
See also
- Armenian Apostolic Church
- List of Armenian churches of the world
- List of Armenian churches in Russia
- Nakhichevan-on-don