Iranian national heritage site
Saint George Church of Tehran , (
Armenian : Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի ,
Persian : کلیسای گئورگ مقدس ), is an
Armenian Apostolic church in
Tehran ,
Iran . It is the second oldest church in Tehran after the
Church of Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew .
Location
It is located in Darkhungah Alley کوچه درخونگاه , Shahpour Avenue (
fa ) , in the old Sangelaj (
fa ) neighbourhood of Tehran.
History
During the reign of
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar , Armenians were relocated from
Tbilisi and
Artsakh to western parts of
Tehran after
his campaigns in
Georgia . This church was established by two of these Armenians, Hovsepain and Stepanian, in 1795 as a small chapel.
[1]
In 1871, an Armenian school was established beside the church and the current building of the church is from 1882.
[2]
Interior of the church
Notable burials
Grave of
Martiros Khan Davidkhanian
Bibliography
مارقوسیان، آرمینه؛ کریمیان، حسن (۱۳۸۶). «نخستین فضاهای زیستی و عبادی ارمنیان در تهران قدیم». فصلنامه فرهنگی پیمان. سال یازدهم - زمستان (۴۲)
ژانت د. لازاریان (۱۳۸۲)، «روحانیون»، دانشنامه ایرانیان ارمنی، تهران: انتشارات هیرمند، ص. ۶۴، شابک ۹۶۴-۶۹۷۴-۵۰-۳
هوویان، آندرانیک (۱۳۸۰). «کلیساهای ارمنیان در ایران». ارمنیان ایران. تهران: مرکز بینالمللی گفتگوی فرنگها با همکاری انتشارات هرمس. ص. ۱۴۹–۱۴۸. شابک ۹۶۴-۳۶۳-۰۰۷-۲
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^* indicates that this formerly independent city is now absorbed into Tehran.
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