Iglesia_San_Nerses_Shnorhali,_Montevideo

Surp Nerses Shnorhali Cathedral, Montevideo

Surp Nerses Shnorhali Cathedral, Montevideo

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Surp Nerses Shnorhali Cathedral (Spanish: Iglesia Apostólica Armenia San Nerses Shnorhali; Armenian: Սուրբ Ներսէս Շնորհալի եկեղեցի) is an Armenian Apostolic church in the neighbourhood of Bella Vista, Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]

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This temple, dedicated to the Catholicos saint Nerses Shnorhali, is the prelacy of the Uruguayan Diocese of the Armenian Holy Apostolic Church. Its current head is Archbishop Hakob Glnjian.[2]

The church is part of a bigger ensemble of buildings that house Armenian-Uruguayan institutions.[1] There is a memorial to the Armenian genocide, with a sculpture by Nerses Ounanian.[3]

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  1. [1]
    "Armenians in Uruguay". The Virtual Museum of Armenian Diaspora. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  2. [2]
    Hovik Abrahamyan meets Archbishop Hakob Glnjian in Montevideo
  3. [3]
    Nerses Ounanian


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