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Tzitzernavank (Tsitsernavank or Dzidzernavank), (アルメニア語:Ծիծեռնավանք)) is a fifth- to sixth-century〔〔Turner, Jane (ed.). ''The Dictionary of Art''. New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2003, p. 425. ISBN 0-19-517068-7.〕 Armenian church〔Paolo Cuneo, "La basilique de Tsitsernavank dans le Karabagh," ''Revue des Études Arméniennes'' 4 (1967), pp. 203—216〕〔 and former monastery in the Qashatagh Province of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (formerly Lachin Rayon of Azerbaijan). The monastery is within five kilometers of the border of Armenia's province of Syunik. ==History== Historically, Tsitsernavank Monastery is located in Aghahechk, one of the 12 cantons of the historical Armenian province and principality of Syunik. By the 15th century Aghahechk had split into two districts: the northern half was called Khozhoraberd; the southern half, containing Tzitzernavank, was called Kashatagh. The basilica of Tzitzernavank was believed to contain relics of St. George the Dragon-Slayer. In the past, the monastery belonged to the Tatev diocese and is mentioned as a notable religious center by the 13th century historian Stepanos Orbelian and Bishop Tovma Vanandetsi (1655). In 1613, the monastery's fortified wall was repaired and its arched gateway was constructed - the building inscription in Armenian recording this act disappeared between 1989 and 1992, when the region was under the control of Azerbaijan.〔Karapetian, Samvel. ''Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabagh''. Yerevan: Gitutiun Publishing House, 2001, p. 145.〕 The church and its belltower were renovated in 1779. The building inscription in Armenian recording this renovation disappeared in 1967.〔Hasratyan, Murad M. ''Tsitsernavank''. Yerevan: Vneshtorgizdat, 1990, p. 5.〕 In the 19th century it served as the parish church for the adjoining peasant settlement of Zeyva, and was called St. Stephanos. Zeyva's Armenian inhabitants fled during the 1905 Armenian-Tartar war, never to return. During the Soviet period the village was renamed Gusulu and the church was unused but preserved as an historical monument.〔Karapetian. ''Armenian Cultural Monuments'', p. 137.〕 Tzitzernavank's church of St. George (St. Gevorg) was reconsecrated in October 2001, after a heavy restoration in 1999-2000 paid for by Armenian diaspora funds, and is a venue for annual festivals honoring St. George.〔 (В Цицернаванке праздновали день Святого Георгия Победоносца, Kavkaz.Memo.Ru, 29/9/2003 ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tsitsernavank Monastery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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