The Church of Mijin Ankuzik (Orta Anzyr) was an Armenian ruinous church located in the abandoned Mijin Ankuzik (Orta Anzyr) village (Julfa District) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. It was located in the western part of the abandoned village.Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, p. 80.
History The church was renovated in the 17th century. It was already in ruins when historian Argam Ayvazyan surveyed it during his fieldwork in Nakhchivan.Ayvazyan, Argam. The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, p. 72. The ruins of the church were still extant in the late Soviet period; however, the ruins were razed to ground at some point between 1997 and November 11, 2009, as documented by the Caucasus Heritage Watch.
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