St. Nshan Church (Ashaghy Aylis)

St. Nshan or Amarayin Church was an Armenian church located in the northwestern part of the Ashagy Aylis village (Ordubad district) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.

[2][4] The church is mentioned in the colophon of a synaxarium with the date 1690.

In its form the church was an open structure where liturgical services were performed in the summer months, that is why it was also called "Amarayin" (i.e. summer in Armenian) church.

Arcades on the north, south, and west facades created an open architectural form.

[2][3][4] The church was still a standing monument in the late Soviet period (the 1980s).