Church of Sourb Prkitch (Holy Saviour)

It stands not far from the church of St. G(h)rig(h)or of Tig(h)ran Honents, in the eastern part of the city. This church, completed in 1036, which is striking because exactly half of it has collapsed – it appears as a true cross-section – follows, as regards its exterior volume, the way the church of St. Gregory of G(h)ag(h)ik must have looked, at least in Toramanian's commonly accepted reconstruction. It can be imagined as a geometric solid formed by two superimposed cylinders – in reality the plan of the lower part is a nineteen-sided polygon – of which the upper one, naturally of smaller diameter, is surmounted by a cone. The blind arcading that appears on both the first and the second register further recalls the model already mentioned. The interior space consisted of a domed cylindrical volume, widening at its base into eight semicircular niches hollowed out of the perimeter walls. Traces of frescoes remain in the apse conches; the structural condition of what remains of this church calls for urgent consolidation work.