Christians in Armenia remain under threat

Azerbaijan stands accused of committing "cultural genocide" by destroying Christian sites in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and falsely asserting that the Armenian religious presence there never existed, as detailed in a report by a legal advocacy group.
The European Centre for Law & Justice (ECLJ) highlights in its report the systematic eradication of “churches, monasteries, khachkars [cross-stones], and other cultural artifacts that bear witness to the faith and culture of the Armenian people.”
Following Azerbaijan’s control over most of Nagorno-Karabakh after the Second Karabakh War (September 2020 – November 2020), numerous Armenian Christian heritage sites were destroyed, damaged, or made inaccessible to the public, according to the June report titled “The Systematic Erasure of Armenian Christian Heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh.”
Currently, 500 sites with 6,000 Armenian monuments are under Azerbaijani control. Although foreign observers are barred from these sites, satellite images have confirmed the destruction.
The report lists damaged or destroyed churches, including Meghretsots Holy Mother of God Church, the seventh-century Vankasar Church in Tigranakert, St. John’s Cathedral of the Mother of God in Stepanakert, and Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shushi, which was defaced by removing multiple religious symbols, including unique angels from the gate, the domes, and the cathedral’s cross.
Additionally, the Azerbaijani government is accused of vandalizing the Surb Sargis Church, built in 1279 in Tsar village of Karvachar, under the guise of renovation.
Source: christianpost.com