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Saint Minas Church of Tehran
Saint Minas Church of Tehran
Religion
Affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
Rite	Armenian
Status	Functioning
Location
Location	Vanak, Tehran, Iran
Shown within Iran
Geographic coordinates	35°46′05″N 51°23′55″E / 35.76809554°N 51.39873952°E / 35.76809554; 51.39873952
Architecture
Style	Armenian
Completed	1856, rebuilt 1875

Saint Minas Church of Tehran, ( Armenian: Սուրբ Մինաս եկեղեցի, Persian: کلیسای میناس مقدس), is an Armenian Apostolic church in Tehran, Iran.

Location

It is located in the Armenian Fort قلعه ارامنه, Ararat Street, in the northern suburb of Vanak of Tehran.

History

In 1856, Mirza Yousef Khan Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, funded building of a small chapel for the Armenians in the Armenian Fort of the village of Vanak, which he had resettled from Chaharmahal ( hy). Current building is from 1875. In the hill across the Armenian Fort, there used to be an Armenian cemetery that in mid-20th century, Ararat Stadium was built in place of that. ^[1]

Bibliography

• هوویان، آندرانیک (۱۳۸۰). «کلیساهای ارمنیان در ایران». ارمنیان ایران. تهران: مرکز بین‌المللی گفتگوی فرنگ‌ها با همکاری انتشارات هرمس. ص. ۱۵۴–۱۴۹.

See also

• Iranian Armenians
• List of Armenian churches in Iran

References