Chugureti St. Astvatsatsin
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Chugureti St. Astvatsatsin Church is an Armenian church in Chugureti district, Old Tbilisi
, Georgia
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) for life tenancy and now order ashigh-agha-basha Tamaz Orbelyanov to give the village for life tenancy".
Amatuni
family members, who came from city of Nakhichevan coming to this "gov saved city", as Hovhannes Amatuni writes in construction note of Jigrashen Avetyats church
, did their best in sacred buildings construction "having resources gifted by God". They increased the population, which caused increase of sacred buildings number too. In start of 19th century one more Armenian church was built in Chugureti - Chugureti St. Gevorg church, which was constructed by Yerevantsi Papen and Yakov Kocharov in 1807.
There was a note engraved near baptismal of Chugureti St. Astvatsatsin and on the fence, which was later destroyed, the note said: "Remember, O Lord, the soul of the late George Miro Mirimanyants, 27 of the month of March, 1857". This is a unique example when epigraphs are completely identical.
order in 1930s.
After Soviet collapse the church was consecrated as Georgian and now functions as Orthodox church.
Old Tbilisi
Old Tbilisi is an administrative district in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. Although the term "Old Tbilisi" has long been used to denote a historical part of the city, it was only in 2007 that it became a distinct administrative entity to incorporate several historical neighborhoods formerly...
, Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
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History
Chugureti St. Astvatsatsin church is not mentioned in old Tbilisi sources and documentation. It is included in the city plan in 1825 already, as well as in a list of Armenian churches of Tbilisi written on 16 December 1831. Historians prefer to date its construction at start of 19th century. According to Irakliy II gift certificate, "in 1795 the state village Chugureti with the local inhabitants and lands given to Karapet and Georgiy, children of Sargis-agha (AmatuniAmatuni
Amatuni was an ancient Armenian noble family, known from the 4th century in the canton of Artaz, between lakes Van and Urmia, with its center at Shavarshan , and subsequently also at Aragatsotn, west of Lake Sevan, with the residence at Oshakan.- History :Probably of Caspio-Median origin, this...
) for life tenancy and now order ashigh-agha-basha Tamaz Orbelyanov to give the village for life tenancy".
Amatuni
Amatuni
Amatuni was an ancient Armenian noble family, known from the 4th century in the canton of Artaz, between lakes Van and Urmia, with its center at Shavarshan , and subsequently also at Aragatsotn, west of Lake Sevan, with the residence at Oshakan.- History :Probably of Caspio-Median origin, this...
family members, who came from city of Nakhichevan coming to this "gov saved city", as Hovhannes Amatuni writes in construction note of Jigrashen Avetyats church
Jigrashen Avetyats Church
Jigrashen Avetyats Church was an Armenian Apostolic church in Tbilisi, Georgia. It was destroyed in 1937-38 by order of Lavrentiy Beria along with 10 other churches in Tbilisi.-History:The foundation of this church has two main versions....
, did their best in sacred buildings construction "having resources gifted by God". They increased the population, which caused increase of sacred buildings number too. In start of 19th century one more Armenian church was built in Chugureti - Chugureti St. Gevorg church, which was constructed by Yerevantsi Papen and Yakov Kocharov in 1807.
There was a note engraved near baptismal of Chugureti St. Astvatsatsin and on the fence, which was later destroyed, the note said: "Remember, O Lord, the soul of the late George Miro Mirimanyants, 27 of the month of March, 1857". This is a unique example when epigraphs are completely identical.
Soviet years and modern times
During Soviet years the church did not function, but escaped destruction along with 11 other Armenian churches destroyed by Lavrentiy BeriaLavrentiy Beria
Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was a Georgian Soviet politician and state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus under Joseph Stalin during World War II, and Deputy Premier in the postwar years ....
order in 1930s.
After Soviet collapse the church was consecrated as Georgian and now functions as Orthodox church.
See also
- Armenians in TbilisiArmenians in TbilisiArmenians in Tbilisi are ethnic Armenians living within the city of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Armenians are the second largest ethnic minority in Tbilisi at 7.6% of the population. Armenians formed the majority in the city until the early 20th century...
- List of Armenian Apostolic Churches in Georgia