Saint_Minas_Church_of_Tehran

Saint Minas Church of Tehran

Saint Minas Church of Tehran

Iranian national heritage site

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

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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

References

  1. [1]
    "کلیسای میناس مقدس تهران". tehranprelacy.com.
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