Azerbaijan Destroys Stepanakert's Holy Mother of God Church Ahead of Armenian Genocide Anniversary

Azerbaijan Destroys Stepanakert's Holy Mother of God Cathedral

In continuing its policy of destroying Armenian cultural and religious buildings in occupied Artsakh, Azerbaijan has destroyed the Holy Mother of God Cathedral in central Stepanakert. In an announcement posted on social media on Tuesday, the Artsakh Tourism & Culture Development Agency reported the latest such act of destruction by the Azerbaijani government. “This is not just the demolition of a church. This is a continuation of the same policy…

Second Church Razed in Stepanakert

YEREVAN — Recently, the Armenian Mirror-Spectator reported that Stepanakert’s St. Hakob Church was razed. Karabakh Armenians, upon learning of this, immediately began to express concern that the Holy Mother of God Cathedral (Sourp Asdzvadzamor Hovanu mayr dajar), which was consecrated in December 2019, would also suffer the same fate. Unfortunately, their concern was not long in coming, and today, on April 21, reports have spread that the cathed…

Azerbaijan destroys Stepanakert's Holy Mother of God Church ahead of Armenian Genocide anniversary