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The Cathedral of Kars, also known as the Holy Apostles Church (Armenian: Կարսի Սուրբ Առաքելոց եկեղեցի, Karsi Surb Arakelots' yekeghets'i; Turkish: Aziz Havariler Kilisesi [11] or "Church of the Twelve Apostles" 12 Havariler Kilisesi) [1] [9] [13] is a former Armenian Apostolic church in Kars, eastern Turkey.
Armenian church in Kars. Kars is a city in northeastern Turkey that was historically home to a significant Armenian population. [1] Before the Armenian Genocide, which took place during World War I, Kars was a thriving center of Armenian culture, with a large Armenian community living alongside Turks, Kurds, and other ethnic groups.
The Taşköprü (Stone Bridge, 1725), built over the Kars River. The Armenian Church of the Apostles housed a museum in the 1960s–70s and was converted to a mosque in 1993. [61] Belle Epoque Russian Architecture. Below the castle is a mosque, formerly the Armenian church known as Surb Arak'elots, the Church of the Holy Apostles.
The combined troops went on to Ani, the Armenian capital being defended by Shahnshah Zakarian, but the city was eventually captured and destroyed. [36] Following this disastrous campaign of 1238–1239, the Armenians and Georgians made peace with the Mongols and agreed to pay them tribute and supply their troops ( Georgian–Mongolian treaty of ...
The Church of St Gregory of Tigran Honents (Armenian: Սուրբ Տիգրան Հոնենց եկեղեցի), or Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator (Armenian: Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ եկեղեցի) is a medieval religious structure located in Ani, in Turkey's Kars province next to the closed border with Armenia.
The 33-year-old Armenian priest has come to Kornidzor, a village on the border with mainly Muslim Azerbaijan, to provide spiritual support to tens of thousands of his compatriots now fleeing their ...
The church of St. Gregory of the Abughamrents in Ani. Kars has a wealth of wildlife that is being documented by the Kars-Iğdır Biodiversity Project run by the KuzeyDoğa Society. [17] The project has recorded 356 of Turkey's 486 bird species in the region, including Ardahan and Iğdır provinces that were formerly part of Kars.
The Church of Saint Sarkis in Tekor (also known as the Tekor Basilica Armenian: Տեկորի տաճար) was a 5th-century Armenian church built in historical Armenia. [1] It was located facing the town of Digor in the Kars Province of Turkey, about 16 kilometers west of the Armenian border. Tekor was a three aisled basilica with a dome.