Saint Minas Church of Tehran
Iranian national heritage site
35°46′05″N 51°23′55″E / 35.76809554°N 51.39873952°E / 35.76809554; 51.39873952Saint 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
- ^ "کلیسای میناس مقدس تهران". tehranprelacy.com.
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- Carpet Museum of Iran
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- Golestan Palace
- Grand Bazaar, Tehran
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- Malik National Museum of Iran
- Milad Tower
- National Museum of Iran
- Niavaran Complex
- Pearl Palace
- Sa'dabad Complex
- Shebeli Tower
- Shemshak (ski resort)
- Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine
- Tangeh Savashi
- Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
- Toopkhaneh
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- Reza Abbasi Museum
- St. Thaddeus and Bartholomew Church
- St. George Church
^* indicates that this formerly independent city is now absorbed into Tehran.