Արցախի փակուած թեմի պատմութիւնից (1933-1988)

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dc.contributor.authorՏ. Ներսէս Քահանայ Ասրեան
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-24T12:23:00Z
dc.date.available2026-03-24T12:23:00Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractAfter the closure of the Artsakh Diocese in 1933 the spiritual and political problems of Artsakh remained in the center of attention of the Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin. Etchmiadzin also tried to revive church life and reclaim churches in Nagorno Karabakh both through sending priests to Artsakh and through the clergy of the Diocese of Baku and Turkestan, but to no avail. After the meeting of Archbishop Gevorg Chorekchyan with Joseph Stalin on April 19, 1945, the Soviet authorities' pressure on the Armenian Church was reduced, and some closed churches were reopened. Thanks to the efforts of the Prelate of Baku and Turkestan, Fr. Vardges Grigoryan, in 1945 the Martakert Surp Hovhannu Garabed Church was reopened. The church, however, was closed and reopened several times during 1955 and 1956. Eventually, the lack of a priest and the difficult conditions created by the Azeri authorities led to the closure of the church. Later on it was converted to a cinema. The Azeri authorities prevented all further attempts to reopen churches and send clergy to Artsakh. In 1957 Catholicos Vazgen I paid a three-day pastoral visit to Artsakh. This was an exceptional visit during the Soviet period, and a very important event, which gave new impetus to the reclamation of the churches of Artsakh. In addition, the Catholicos raised the issue of the unification of Artsakh with Soviet Armenia. These issues, however, remained unaddressed by the Soviet authorities. In order to fully eliminate Armenians and any traces of the Armenian Church from the Autonomous Region of Nagorno Karabagh, throughout the 1950 and 1960s the Azeri authorities continued to destroy the spiritual and cultural heritage of the Artsakh diocese through vandalism and barbarity on a large scale. They also rewrote the history of the region, claiming Azeri ancestry for the natives of the region and integrating them into Azeri history. For the natives of Artsakh the 1988 national liberation movement was the only way to restore and preserve national identity, the right to freedom of conscience and religion. Mainly using unpublished archival documents and material, the author sheds light on the history of the Diocese during these difficult decades.
dc.identifier.citationՏ. Ներսէս Քահանայ, «Արցախի փակուած թեմի պատմութիւնից (1933-1988)», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2017, Պէյրութ, էջ 245-276
dc.identifier.urihttps://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/1244
dc.titleԱրցախի փակուած թեմի պատմութիւնից (1933-1988)
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