Film director Vladimir Babasyan living not far from the church is the only man who guards and cleans it.

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Severely damaged, the church is already collapsing," Erebuni Museum director Ashot Piliposyan told journalists today.



Presently, film director Vladimir Babasyan living not far from the church, is the only man who guards and cleans it.



Tsiranavor Church (V c) situated at the very edge of Kasakh's ravine is the most ancient historical monument in Ashtarak. It's a three-nave hall with dimensions of 19,15 x 9,40 m. the walls, the eastern wing, the half-cylindrical floor of southern nave preserved (the church was partially restored in 1963-1964). In order to be more inaccessible the second wall surrounded the church in XVII c from northern and western sides, and above the southern wall a gun-slot was erected.



In both sides of horse-shoe-shaped apses square in scheme side-chapels are situated. The naves had half-cylindrical vaulted floors, taken under separate roofs (with tall middle part). Two entries from south and west lead to the church (the western one is closed at present). There are two windows divided by a pillar in the west wall. The remainders of two joining to the northern wall pilasters of rectangle section (which are a little off from the transversal axis of pylons of T-shaped form) evidence about the reconstruction of the church- the original wooden floor was replaced by a vaulted one.