Aghkilsa was a village in the territory of the Sharur-Daralayaz uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Keshishkend (Yeghegnadzor) district, and present-day Vayots Dzor province. It was located 14 km to the west of Yeghegnadzor and on the bank of the Heshin River, the left tributary of the Yelpin River.

The village was inhabited by 65 Azerbaijanis in 1873, 89 in 1886, 102 in 1897, 110 in 1904, 121 in 1914 and 155 Azerbaijanis in 1916. The inhabitants were massacred or displaced from the village having been exposed to aggression by Armenian armed groups in 1918. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, those who survived could return to their ancestral lands; consequently, eight Azerbaijanis lived in the village in 1922. In 1923–1925 they were also ousted from the village which was abolished. At present, the village lies in ruins.

The toponym is coined from the words “agh” meaning “the white colour” in Azerbaijani and “kilsa” meaning “a temple, a place for worship”.

The name of the village was derived from the name of an Alban church to denote “a village in the vicinity of a white church”.