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History
Some researchers, such as Toros Toramanian and Vahagn Grigoryan, insist that the building dates back to the pre-Christian (pagan) period and was subsequently converted to a church.[1][2]
Architecture
Dome
Murad Hasratyan and A. T. Stepanyan: Among the oldest dome-bearing churches that have survived to our time are St. Sargis of Tekor (5th century), Marine of Artik (5th century), and the Mother Cathedral of Etchmiadzin (5th century, after renovation).[3]
Modern influence
The Soviet Armenian architect Alexander Tamanian was inspired by Tekor,[4] reinterpreting its design features in his major works, including the Government building[5][6] and the Yerevan Opera Theatre.[7]
Inscription
- Ghafadarian, Karo (1962). "Տեկորի տաճարի V դարի հայերեն արձանագրությունը և Մեսրոպյան այբուբենի առաջին տառաձևերը [The Armenian Inscription on the Cathedral of Tekor and the Initial Forms of the Mesropian Alphabet]". Patma-Banasirakan Handes (in Armenian) (2): 39–54.
"As for the epigraphic evidence, few Armenian inscriptions survive from these early centuries. The oldest is the late fifth-century inscription of the Tekor basilica."[8]
"Let’s now move on to inscriptions. The oldest Armenian inscription is considered to be the inscription on the lintel of the western door of the Tekor Church, which was first published by Sargsyan (Topography, p. 206) and later by Alishan (Shirak, p. 132). Alishan dates this inscription to the 5th century, as accepted by many scholars. (Bishop Yusik, Ararat, 1892, p. 879, considers it to be from the early 5th century)."[9]
"Armenian writing commenced only in the 5th century, and only one single inscription, from the church of Tekor, is known and dated on the basis of the historical personages mentioned to the end of the 5th century (Yosép'ian 1913: 5-6)."[10]
This inscription was the oldest known example of Armenian lettering and ran, unusually, from bottom to top.[12]
Տ-ի վրա պահպանված վիմագրերը հայկական գրերի (երկաթագիր) հնագույն նմուշներ են (5-րդ դ):[13]
Տեկորի տաճարը չափազանց արժեքավոր էր հայ մշակույթի համար և նրանով, որ հուշարձանի շինարարական արձանագրությունը, փորագրված Մեսրոպ Մաշտոցի մահվանից մոտ երեք տասնամյակ հետո, մեզ հասած հայերեն ամենահին գրությունն էր և հավաստի պատկերացում էր տալիս մեսրոպաստեղծ այբուբենի տառաձևերի մասին:[14]
Տեկորի Ս. Երրորդություն վանքի այս արձանագրությունը մեզ հասած հայերեն ամենահին գրությունն է և պատկերացում է տալիս մեսրոպյան այբուբենի նախնական տառաձևերի մասին:[15]
- Mouradian, Paruir (2007). "Ո՞վ է Տեկորի արձանագրության հազարապետ Մանանը [Who is the hazarapet Manan in the inscription of Tekor]". Etchmiadzin (in Armenian). 63 (9): 85–88.
Greenwood, Timothy (2004). "A Corpus of Early Medieval Armenian Inscriptions". Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 58: 27–91. doi:10.2307/3591380. ISSN 0070-7546. JSTOR 3591380.
Greenwood, Tim (2008). "Sasanian Reflections in Armenian Sources" (PDF). Sasanika. School of Humanities, University of California, Irvine.
Elizabeth Redgate: The oldest known Armenian monumental inscription is fifth-century. It is now lost, so is known only through reports, photographs, and a cast that was made in 1912 and that is in Erevan. It was on a lintel on the west door of the church at Tekor (Digor), in north-east Armenia. The two lowest of its five lines record Sahak Kamsarakan’s building a martyrium of Saint Sergius. It was to intercede for himself and for his family (line 3). The upper three lines say that the place itself had been founded by five other people: Tayron, a priest of the monastery; Manon, a hazarapet; Uran, a Roman; Yohan, the Catholicos; and Yohan the bishop of the Arsharunik´ (Durand, Rapti and Giovannoni 2007:61-62). [Durand, J., Rapti, R., and Giovannoni, D. (eds.). (2007) Armenia Sacra: Mémoire chrétienne des Arméniens (IVe-XVIIIe siècle). Paris: Musée du Louvre.][16]
The church is dated back to the 5th century, around the 480s, due to the names mentioned in an inscription that has not survived to our time[17]
Stone, Michael E.; Kouymjian, Dickran; Lehmann, Henning (2002). Album of Armenian Paleography. Aarhus University Press. ISBN 87-7288-556-4. pp. 14-15