T'anahat Monastery: Church of St. Step'anos Naxavka Tanahat Monastery: Church of St. Stepanos Nakhavka; St. Stephen the Protomartyr Unknown Churches Religious buildings Basilicas The Church of St. Step'anos Naxavka is one of the oldest and simplest single naves churches in Armenia. A basilica with a single aisle and circular apse. On the southern side there is a vestry and a portico on the five columns (now destroyed). The portico on the south side, where there was also the entrance to the church. Many carvings of papyrus and floral relief are carved on imposts as well as capitols these are 5th and 6th century carvings. An underground mausoleum was also found to the west of the church. 1975 1982 Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-0362 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Arewis village, Sisian region, Syunik' province, Republic of Armenia 5th-6th centuries CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
T'anahat Monastery: Church of St. Step'anos Naxavka
Tanahat Monastery: Church of St. Stepanos Nakhavka; St. Stephen the Protomartyr
Unknown
Churches
Religious buildings
Basilicas
The Church of St. Step'anos Naxavka is one of the oldest and simplest single naves churches in Armenia. A basilica with a single aisle and circular apse. On the southern side there is a vestry and a portico on the five columns (now destroyed). The portico on the south side, where there was also the entrance to the church. Many carvings of papyrus and floral relief are carved on imposts as well as capitols these are 5th and 6th century carvings. An underground mausoleum was also found to the west of the church.
1975
1982
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-0362
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Arewis village, Sisian region, Syunik' province, Republic of Armenia
5th-6th centuries CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council