Monastery of Tsar

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Monastery of Tsar
Religion
Affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
Location
Location	Zar, Azerbaijan
Shown within Azerbaijan Show map of Azerbaijan Monastery of Tsar (Republic of Artsakh) Show map of Republic of Artsakh
Geographic coordinates	40°00′19″N 45°57′08″E / 40.00528°N 45.95222°E / 40.00528; 45.95222
Architecture
Type	Monastery, Church
Style	Armenian
Completed	1301

The Monastery of Tsar or Tsara Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Ծարա Սուրբ Աստվածածին), also known as the Holy Mother of God Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Astvatsatsin Yekeghetsi), was an Armenian Apostolic monastery located in the village of Zar (Tsar) in the Kalbajar District in Azerbaijan. It was built in 1301 in the Principality of Khachen. It was destroyed by Azeri authorities during the Soviet era. The monastery was blown up, two 13th-century chapels were razed. The elaborately engraved stones of the church were used to build storehouses, and are now visible in the foundations of barns built by the Azeris.^[1]

• Samvel Karapetyan, 2001: Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh. "Gitutiun" Publishing House of NAS RA

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