St. Hakob-Hayrapet Church (Yukhari Aylis)

St. Hakob-Hayrapet was an Armenian Apostolic Church located in the lower district of Yukhari Aylis village of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.

[1] It was located approximately 240 m northeast of St. Hovhannes-Mkrtich Church of the same village.

[2][3][4] According to an Armenian inscription on the perimeter of the cupola, the church was renovated again within a six-month period in 1901.

[2][3][4] In terms of its style, the church was a single-chamber nave with a domed hall and had a two-storied rectangular apse.

[1] St. Hakob-Hayrapet was a standing and well-preserved monument in the 1980s, but was destroyed by February 3, 2000, according to the Caucasus Heritage Watch.