Causerne (cemetery)

Causerne cemetery was located on the hill of the same name in the north of Yerevan. It was the oldest cemetery of the city (XI-XIII century). During excavations of the 1930s, burials in stone boxes dating from the 4th-7th centuries were found here. Nearby, similar pre-Christian burials were discovered ^[1] .

The cemetery got its name in honor of the 11th century Armenian scientist Hovhannes Cosern buried in it ^[1] . The name Causernus also received the adjacent to the cemetery . In 1632, Catholicos Movses III Tatevatsi was buried next to Hovhannes Cosern ^[2] . There was also buried the wardpet Melikset Vzhanetsi . A gravestone chapel was destroyed above their graves, destroyed during the 1679 earthquake . In the XIX century, a new chapel was built on this site ^[3] .

In the 1930s, according to the development plan of Yerevan, the cemetery was liquidated. The inscriptions on the tombstones were photographed, the remains and tombstones were partially moved to other cemeteries ^[3] .

The chapel-tomb was built into a residential building. Its walls were covered with plaster, and gravestones served as a backup for the wooden floor ^[4] . The former chapel housed a bedroom ^[5] .