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Gazanchetsots Church

Region

Artsakh

Distance from Yerevan

206.3 km

Type

Monastery/Church

Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots Church is considered the center of Artsakh Diocese of Apostolic Church. It is the main temple of Shushi, built in 1868-1887. After Gandzasar, it is the second most important spiritual center of Artsakh. It consists of a church (1868-1887) and a bell tower (1858). Currently, the residence of the priest of Artsakh Diocese is located here. Consecrated in September 1888. on the 20th. Ghazanchetsots Church of Shushi, built of sacred milky limestone, is one of the largest Armenian churches (35 m long, 23 m wide and 35 m high).

Interesting

facts about Gazanchetsots Church

Facts

One of the basement rooms of the church is famous for a mysterious phenomenon. It is only a hemispherical room, but it has very interesting acoustic properties. When you stand in its center, under the hole made in the ceiling, your voice is heard much louder, but for a person standing one meter to the side, it is not so, he hears a simple voice. It's even more interesting when you start singing under that hole.

Weather in Artsakh

Due to the pleasant climatic conditions, the high tourist season in Armenia lasts quite a long time. From March to late fall, days are warm, and winter usually doesn't last long. The pronounced seasonality of precipitation is variable. Seasonality of tours to Ghazanchetsots Church depends on weather conditions.