| Kusanats Anapat | |
|---|---|
Կուսանաց անապատ | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| Location | |
| Location | Kalbajar District,Azerbaijan |
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| Geographic coordinates | 40°10′16″N46°15′31″E / 40.171069°N 46.258621°E /40.171069; 46.258621 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Monastery, Church |
| Style | Armenian |
| Completed | 12th–13th centuries |
Kusanats Anapat (Armenian:Կուսանաց անապատ), orSurb Astvatsatsin (Armenian:Սուրբ Աստվածածին,lit. 'Holy Mother of God') is an Armenian monastery in theKalbajar District inAzerbaijan, about 3 km northwest ofDadivank Monastery.[1]
The monastery belongs to the Artsakh Diocese of theArmenian Apostolic Church, and consists of the cathedral church of Surb Astvatsatsin and about 20 structures and rooms.[2]
The oldest building is the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God), which has the inscription; "… princess daughter of King Kyurike… in 1174".
According to historianSamvel Karapetyan, in front of the small eastern church, until 1989, twokhachkars were placed side by side in their original place. While part of the Azerbaijani SSR, the monument suffered a lot, and an attempt was made to eliminate Armenian traces in order to present it as Caucasian Albanian. These khachkars had disappeared by the time Armenian forces took control of the region in April 1993, but the inscriptions made on them had been recorded.[3]։
In 1994, following the end of theFirst Nagorno-Karabakh War, the monastery came under the control of theself-proclaimedRepublic of Artsakh.
In the aftermath of theNagorno-Karabakh war in 2020, which resulted in aceasefire agreement stipulating an Armenian withdrawal from Kalbajar and a return of the surrounding area toAzerbaijan, the monastery was included in the territory to come under Azerbaijani control.
