St. Gr. Lusavorich Monastery (Shurud)

Lusavorich Monastery was an Armenian monastery located in the village of Shurud (Julfa District) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.

[2][3] At the late Soviet period, the monastery's auxiliary buildings, its school, and outer walls were in ruins.

It was a basilica structure with a gabled roof, hall, five-sided apse, and two vestries, with a porch at the western facade.

Ornamentation included decorative sculptural elements near the entrance and wall paintings of 17th or 18th century date.

[2][3] The monastery was razed to ground at some point between 1997 and June 15, 2006, as documented by investigation of the Caucasus Heritage Watch.