Tekor Church
| Church of Saint Sarkis, Tekor | |
|---|---|
 Tekor Basilica in an engraving from the 1840s | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| Status | completely destroyed by local Turkish municipality |
| Location | |
| Location |  Digor, Turkey |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Armenian |
| Groundbreaking | 5th century |
| Completed | 10th century |
The Church of Saint Sarkis, Tekor (also known as the Tekor Basilica) was a 5th century Armenian church built in historical Armenia, now in the town of Digor in the Kars Province of Turkey, about 16 kilometers west of the Armenian border. Tekor is a three aisled basilica with a dome.
Architectural significance
The Basilica of Saint Sarkis is significant in Armenian architectural historiography because its stone dome was among the earliest to be constructed in Armenia. Until its destruction, Tekor was the oldest extant domed Church in Armenia.[1]
See also
- Yererouk, a contemporaneous 4th-5th century Armenian basilica about 18 kilometers northwest in Armenia
References
Bibliography
- THE TEKOR BASILICA at VirtualAni.org
- Template:Index of Armenian Architecture
- Armen, Garbis (1992), An Architecture of Survival, ISBN 0-9695988-0-7
