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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; 51.39873952ArchitectureStyleArmenianCompleted1856, 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.

References

^ "کلیسای میناس مقدس تهران". tehranprelacy.com.

Tehran Province, Iran

Capital

Tehran

Counties
and cities

Baharestan County	Nasim Shahr Golestan Salehieh
Damavand County	Damavand Abali Absard Kilan Rudehen
Eslamshahr County	Ahmadabad-e Mostowfi Eslamshahr Chahardangeh
Firuzkuh County	Firuzkuh Arjomand
Malard County	Malard Safadasht
Pakdasht County	Pakdasht Sharifabad
Pardis County	Pardis Bumehen
Pishva County	Pishva
Qarchak County	Qarchak
Qods County	Qods
Ray County	Rey^* Baqershahr Hasanabad Kahrizak
Robat Karim County	Robat Karim Parand Nasirabad
Shahriar County	Shahriar Andisheh Baghestan Ferdowsieh Sabashahr Shahedshahr Vahidieh
Shemiranat County	Shemiran^* Fasham Lavasan Tajrish^*
Tehran County	Tehran
Varamin County	Varamin Javadabad