St. Stepanos Monastery (Shurud)

St. Stepanos Monastery was an Armenian monastery located near the village of Shurud (Julfa District) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.

[1] The monastery was founded in the 9th or 10th centuries.

[2] The monastery had a single-chamber nave, a rectangular apse, and an entryway in the west.

There were Armenian inscriptions inside the monastery.

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