Rya Taza

Rya Taza (Armenian: Ռյա Թազա) or Ria Taza (Kurdish: Ria Taza, lit. 'New way') is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It was formerly known as Kondakhsaz or known by locals as Qundesaz. Most residents of Rya Taza are Yezidis who belong to the Sîpka/Sîpkî who've migrated into the Russian dominated Aparan region since the 1800s from the Ottoman-Russian borderlands.[1]

For the newspaper, see Ria Taza (newspaper).

Rya Taza
Ռյա Թազա
View from the village
Rya Taza
Coordinates: 40°39′29″N 44°18′22″E
CountryArmenia
Marz (Province)Aragatsotn
Population
 (2001)
 • Total443
Time zoneUTC+4 ( )

The village is home to a ruined Armenian church built between the 10th and 13th centuries. It also contains an old cemetery with Grabmal%20auf%20dem%20Friedhof%20von%20Rya%20Taza,%20Armenien%20II%5D%5D animal-shaped tombstones. In December 2020, a Yezidi cleric from the Lalish holy site located in Iraq blessed a newly built temple named after Shekhubekir (Şêxûbekir) which is intended to be opened to the public in 2021.[2]

See also

References
  1. "(PDF) On the Structure of the Yezidi Clan and Tribal System and its Terminology among the Yezidis of the Caucasus | Khanna Omarkhali - Academia.edu".
  2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Շեխուբաքրի անվան տաճարը Ռյա Թազա գյուղում". YouTube.


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