Gandzasar, Nagorno Karabakh

During the soviet regime, public religious practice was frowned upon, but Christian Armenians and Muslim Azerbaijanis lived together peacefully. Following the break-up of the Soviet Union, religion recovered its influential role in society. Nationalism feeds itself with a religious discourse which presents Nagorno Karabakh as a sacred territory for the Armenian Apostolic Church to be defended at any price. © Daniel Barreto Mezzano

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During the soviet regime, public religious practice was frowned upon, but Christian Armenians and Muslim Azerbaijanis lived together peacefully. Following the break-up of the Soviet Union, religion recovered its influential role in society. Nationalism feeds itself with a religious discourse which presents Nagorno Karabakh as a sacred territory for the Armenian Apostolic Church to be defended at any price. © Daniel Barreto Mezzano