Azerbaijan has consistently destroyed Armenian cultural monuments, churches, and monuments in the territories under its jurisdiction. And after the 44-day war in 2020, this criminal practice became more massive.

Separate pieces of Armenian historical and cultural heritage in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) have also been destroyed by Azerbaijani vandals in recent times, Armenpress reports.

There are destroyed and desecrated Armenian churches and monuments in all territories. Among them are the St. Ghazanchetsots Church and the Green Church in Shushi city, the St. Sargis Church—which was completely destroyed—in Mokhrenis village of Hadrut region, while the St. Harutyun Church in Berdzor town was turned into a mosque.

These atrocities of the Azerbaijanis are conditioned by the fact that there is a clear instruction from the Azerbaijani leadership to destroy, pulverize everything that is Armenian. And if it is not possible to destroy the most important Armenian monuments in broad daylight, in front of the eyes of the whole world, they present them as non-Armenian.

In fact, this is a continuation of the Azerbaijanis’ same policy, the goal of which is to clear the Armenian traces in the territories under their control, just as they once did in Nakhichevan, where today there is not a single Armenian church, historical and cultural monument, or Armenian inscription left.

One of the most striking cases of Azerbaijani vandalism is in the Martakert region’s Vankasar church, which is located on the road from Nagorno-Karabakh capital Stepanakert to Martakert. The Experience Azerbaijan account posted a video on X, which shows how the cross on the dome is removed from this church.