Cathedral of Kars

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The Cathedral of Kars (Armenian Սուրբ Առաքելոց Եկեղեցի Sowrb Arakyelots ' Yekyeghyets'i, Turkish Havariler Kilisesi ), also known as the Holy Apostles Church or Kümbet Mosque ( Camii Kümbet ) is an Armenian church from the 10th century in Kars in Turkey. In the course of its history it served as a Russian Orthodox church, museum, depot and mosque.

History

Armenian Cathedral ( 940er -1064 )

The cathedral was built in the 940er 's, when Kars was part of the Bagratidischen Armenia and the Armenian King Abas I., who chose Kars as its capital, completed. In the historic Armenian province located Ayrarat she served as the Armenian Apostolic Church Cathedral. It was called Holy Apostles Church, because their outer image contained the sculptures of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus.

Seljuk mosque (1064 - 1100s )

Immediately after the conquest of the area turned the Empire Großseldschukische the church temporarily into a mosque to.

Ottoman mosque (1579-1877)

After the cathedral was restored, the Ottomans converted the church in 1579 again into a mosque what they remained until the Russian Turkish war 1877-1878.

Bills of Exchange (1877-1969)

After the Russian conquest of Kars in 1877 it was converted into a Russian Orthodox church.

In 1919, when the city Kars fell to the Turks, the cathedral was converted into a mosque again. After the retreat of the Turks from Kars in 1919 and during the period of the First Republic of Armenia, the cathedral since 1579 served as the first time Armenian Church.

As 1920 came to Turkey in the wake of the Turkish - Armenian War under Kâzım Karabekir Kars, she stopped finally, to serve as a church. She was briefly in the 1920s mosque before it was used as a petroleum storage depot.

Kars Museum (1969-1980)

In 1969 she was converted to the Kars Museum. Archaeological works from Kars and the surrounding region, as well as objects from the medieval Armenian city of Ani were collected. After the new museum building was built, the works were taken there. Finds from the Bronze Age to the present have been issued. A Ethnografieabteilung was housed in a separate building.

Kümbet mosque (since 1993)

The museum closed in 1980 and the building was left to decay until 1993, when it was rededicated as a mosque under the new name Kümbet Mosque.