Ghazanchetsots Cathedral

Holy Savior Cathedral, commonly called Ghazanchetsot is an Armenian Apostolic cathedral in Shusha, in the disputed vicinity of Nagorno-Karabakh. It is the seat of the Diocese of Artsakh of the Armenian Apostolic Church. According to historic data a small basilica church stood on its vicinity as of 1722.

In the 19th century, following the conquest of the Caucasus by using the Russian Empire, Shusha changed into certainly one of the biggest cities in vicinity. Thomas de Waal notes that it changed into larger and more rich than either Baku or Yerevan, the present day capitals of Azerbaijan and Armenia, respectively. The metropolis changed into one of the fundamental towns of Armenian cultural interest within the Caucasus, together with Tiflis. According to Russian imperial records of 1886 the city had a combined Armenian and Tatar populace of just about 27,000. The earliest a part of the current cathedral, the bell tower, become built in 1858, which financed by using the Khandamiriants circle of relatives.