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Gregory the Illuminator [a] (Classical Armenian: Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ, reformed spelling: Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ, Grigor Lusavorich; [b] c. 257 – c. 328) was the founder and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
St. Gregory's Church, Church of St Gregory, or variants thereof, may refer to: ... Armenian Church, Singapore (dedicated to St. Gregory the Illuminator) United States
The St. Gregor Armenian Church (Arabic: كنيسة غريغور الأرمنية) is an Orthodox Church and one of the churches of the Armenian community in Baghdad, Iraq. The Church located in the Bab al-Sharqi locality, on al-Tayeran Square in the city, and was named after Gregory the Illuminator. [1] [2]
Bishop Manuel Batakian, the Exarch of Armenian Catholics in the United States and Canada, consecrated the church on March 18, 2001. The monument commemorating the 17 centuries of Armenian Christianity. Minassian left St. Gregory's in 2004 and was replaced by Rev. Andon Noradounkian who had come to the parish the year before as assistant pastor.
Cathedral of Saint Elie and Saint Gregory the Illuminator, Armenian Catholic church in downtown Beirut, Lebanon built in 1940; Saint Gregory the Illuminator's Church, Baku, a non-functioning Armenian Apostolic church in Baku, Azerbaijan built in 1887; Ruins of Cathedral of St. Gregory the Illuminator in Zvartnots, Armenia built in the 7th century
The translation of the Armenian inscription above one of the entrances to the Chapel of St. Grigoris reads: The temple was built on the site of the martyrdom of St. Grigoris, the grandson of our father Gregory the Illuminator, with funds from the Vanetsyants brothers, Grigor and Lazar Petrosovich, in the year of the Lord 1916.
The Church of St Gregory of Tigran Honents (Armenian: Սուրբ Տիգրան Հոնենց եկեղեցի), or Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator (Armenian: Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ եկեղեցի) is a medieval religious structure located in Ani, in Turkey's Kars province next to the closed border with Armenia.
The huge cathedral is a complex consisting of three churches: the Cathedral (Main Church) with 1700 seats and the Chapels of Saint Tiridates the King and of Saint Ashkhen the Queen (both with 150 seats). These two royal figures were the crucial helpers of St. Gregory in converting Armenia to Christianity.