Holy Mother of God Church
The Holy Mother of church of Voskepar is a 7th-century Armenian church in Voskepar, Armenia, adjacent to the border with Azerbaijan. Its design is that of a cruciform central plan, the "Mastara" type.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
- Description: church
- Also known as: “Holy Mother of God Church, Voskepar”, “St. Astvatsatsin Church”, “Surb Astvatsatsin Church”, and “Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի (Holy Mother of God Church)”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aşağı Əskipara and Voskepar.
Aşağı Əskipara
Village
Photo: Gasan Dzhalal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aşağı Əskipara is an abandoned village in the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan. The village was controlled by Armenia from the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s until 2024, when Armenia agreed to return the village to Azerbaijan.
Voskepar
Village
Voskepar is a village in the Noyemberyan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia, located close to the Armenia–Azerbaijan border.
Bağanıs Ayrım
Hamlet
Photo: Gasan Dzhalal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bağanıs Ayrım is an abandoned village in the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan. The village was controlled by Armenia from the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s until 2024, when Armenia agreed to return the village to Azerbaijan. Bağanıs Ayrım is situated 2½ km north of Holy Mother of God Church.
Holy Mother of God Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Qazax District, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.07368° or 41° 4′ 25″ northLongitude
45.07571° or 45° 4′ 33″ eastOpen location code
8HH733FG+F7OpenStreetMap ID
way 289807778OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=armenian_apostolicWikidata ID
Q224819
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“Holy Mother of God Church” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Եկեղեցի Սբ. Աստվածածին”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի”
- Azerbaijani: “Əskipara monastırı”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس استفاتسين”
- Esperanto: “Preĝejo Sankta Dipatrino”
- French: “Église de la Mère-de-Dieu à Voskepar”
- French: “église de la Mère-de-Dieu”
- Georgian: “ვოსკეპარის ღვთისმშობლის ეკლესია”
- German: “St. Astvatsatsin Kirche”
- Persian: “کلیسای مریم مقدس، ووسکپار”
- Russian: “церковь Св. Богоматери”
- Russian: “Церковь Св. Богородицы”
- Russian: “Церковь Святой Богородицы”
- Turkish: “Eskipara Manastırı”
- Uzbek: “Əskipara monastiri”
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