St. Hakob-Hayrapet Church (Yukhari Aylis)

St. Hakob-Hayrapet was an Armenian Apostolic Church located in the lower district of Yukhari Aylis village of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. It was still a standing monument in the 1980s and had been already destroyed by 2000. It was located approximately 240 m northeast of St. Hovhannes-Mkrtich Church of the same village.Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, p. 29.Ayvazyan, Argam. Agulis: Patmamshakutayin hushardzanner. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1984, p. 24.

History The church was founded in the 11th or 12th century and renovated in the 17th century.yvazyan, Argam. The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, p. 22. According to an Armenian inscription on the perimeter of the cupola, the church was renovated again within a six-month period in 1901.

Design and architectural characteristics In terms of its style, the church was a single-chamber nave with a domed hall and had a two-storied rectangular apse. There were Armenian inscriptions at the bottom of the dome and in the western facade.

Destruction St. Hakob-Hayrapet was a standing and well-preserved monument in the 1980s, but was destroyed by February 3, 2000, according to the Caucasus Heritage Watch.

St. Hakob-Hayrapet Church (Yukhari Aylis)

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