Chapel of Dzordzor

Chapel of holy Mary in Iran

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Chapel of Holy Mary which is also called the Chapel of Dzordzor is one of the most visitable historical monuments in Iran. A villag called Baron exists beside Baron Dam, 13 kilometers from Maku. The chapel of Holy Mary was built by Asghaf Besdachi Zakaria from 1315 until 1324. This monument is in the list of UNESCO world monuments.

Iranian Christian church

The Chapel of Dzordzor, is part of an Armenian monastery located in Maku County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran, on Zangmar River near the village of Baron

UNESCO adds Armenian Monastery to World Heritage List

SHOTLIST
Chaldoran, West Azerbaijan Province - 13th October 2008
1. Wide pan from road to St Thaddeus monastery
2. Mid of St Thaddeus monastery
3. Close-up of crucifix on top of St Thaddeus (also know as St Jude)
4. Low angle of monastery
5. Close-up of architectural patterns on monastery's wall and black stones that have given it the nickname Black Church
6. Pan of monastery
7. Tilt down of one of monastery's arches
8. Zoom out of architectural patterns
9. Tilt down of monastery's entrance
10. Close-up of Virgin Mary's picture on wall
11. Tilt up of monastery's altar
12. Set up shot tourist and monastery caretaker speaking and walking towards altar
13. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Barsam Abrahamian, monastery caretaker:
An apostle of Jesus Christ came to this region to advertise Christianity. After he died, he was buried in this monastery, the right part of it however, the exact place of his grave is unknown. Annually, Christians come here and commemorate Thaddeus' death. About four thousand people, who are Christians from Iran and Armenia , come here and camp near the church. They pray here, light candles and slaughter sheep.
14. PAN of monastery's ceiling
15. Various of monastery's interior
Tehran - 20th August 2008
16. Close-up of sign reading (Farsi) Cultural Heritage Organisation
17. High angle of press conference
18. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, Iran 's Vice-President and Head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organisation:
The famous Saint Thaddeus monastery or Black Church (Kara-Kilise) has been registered in international World Heritage list. You know that this church has a very long history. The age of this church is estimated to be two thousand years. Thaddeus, who was one Jesus Christ's apostles, has been buried there.
19. Wide of Mashaei at press conference
Chaldoran, West Azerbaijan Province - 13th October 2008
20. Pan of St Thaddeus monastery
21. Close-up of monastery
22. Tourist taking photograph
23. Wide of tourist walking beside the church
24. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Reza Ma'navi, tourist:
The interesting point about this monastery was that in an Islamic country, a church has been registered in World Heritage. Another point is the architecture of this monastery that is a mixture of Iranian, Azerbaijani and Armenian and that is really fascinating.
25. Various of St Thaddeus monastery exterior
LEAD IN :
The sparse north western region of Iran is perhaps a surprising location for a Christian Church.
The Iranian churches of St. Thaddeus, St. Stephanus, and Dzordzor (Zorzor) in East Azerbaijan Province and West Azerbaijan Province were added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's (UNESCO) World Heritage List this year.
STORYLINE:
The Armenian Monastic Ensembles consists of three monasteries of the Armenian Christian faith: St Thaddeus and St Stephanus and the Chapel of Dzordzor.
The oldest structure - Saint Thaddeus monastery - dates back to the seventh century and is situated in Chaldoran, in West Azerbaijan province.
Saint Thaddeus, also known as Saint Jude, was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ.
Barsam Abrahamian is the monastery caretaker. He explains the the religious significance of Saint Thaddeus to Christians from the region.
The monastery of Saint Thaddeus and the other two monastic sites are considered prime examples of the Armenian architectural and decorative traditions.
The details of the architecture reflect the other cultural influences in the region in particular the Byzantine, Orthodox and Persian cultures.
The Cultural Heritage Organisation in Iran held a press conference about the addition of Saint Thaddeus to the World Heritage List in July 2008.


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Azerbaijan or Azarbaijan (Persian: آذربایجان‎ Āzarbāijān [ɒːzærbɒjdʒɒːn]; Azerbaijani: آذربایجان‎ Azərbaycan [ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn]), also known as Iranian Azerbaijan, is a historical region in northwestern Iran that borders Iraq, Turkey, the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan. Iranian Azerbaijan is administratively divided into West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan, Ardabil, and Zanjan provinces. The region is mostly populated by Azerbaijanis, with minority populations of Kurds, Armenians, Tats, Talysh, Assyrians and Persians.
Iranian Azerbaijan is the land originally and historically called Azerbaijan; the Azerbaijani-populated Republic of Azerbaijan appropriated the name of the neighbouring Azerbaijani-populated region in Iran during the 20th century. Historic Azerbaijan was called Atropatene in antiquity and Aturpatakan in the pre-Islamic Middle Ages. Some refer to Iranian Azerbaijan as South (or Southern) Azerbaijan and the Republic of Azerbaijan as Northern Azerbaijan, although others believe that these terms are irredentist and politically motivated.Prior to the Russo-Persian wars of the 19th century, the Azerbaijani people were distributed throughout the north-western Persian Empire, with the highest concentrations in Persian provinces that correspond to contemporary Iranian Azerbaijan and the Republic of Azerbaijan. Following military defeats at the hands of the Russian Empire, Qajar Persia ceded all of its territories in the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia to Russia via the Treaty of Gulistan of 1813 and the Treaty of Turkmenchay of 1828. Since then the Azerbaijani people have been partitioned between nations. The territories south of the Aras River, which comprised the region historically known as Azerbaijan, became the new north-west frontier of the Persian Empire and later Iran. The territories north of the Aras River, which were not known by the name Azerbaijan at the time of their capture by Russia, were absorbed into the Russian Empire, renamed the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic during the country's short-lived independence from 1918 to 1920, incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, and finally became the independent Republic of Azerbaijan when the Soviet Union dissolved.