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Latter-day Saint leaders, most notably church president Gordon B. Hinckley in 2000 [7] and 2007, [8] have discouraged church members from getting tattoos. Latter-day Saints view bodies as a sacred gift from God, [ 9 ] a metaphorical and literal temple to house the Spirit, as written in 1 Corinthians 3:16–17 and 1 Corinthians 6:19–20.
The name of the church refers to a ray of light (Շողակաթ) that came down from heaven upon 38 Armenian nuns martyred by the pagan Armenian King Trdat around AD 301 at the site of the famous original Shoghakat Church of Etchmiadzin in Armenia built in the 6th century. Seeing Heaven's Light, Trdat converted to Christendom, and Armenia ...
The Holy Savior Cathedral (Armenian: Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ Վանք, Surb Amenaprkich Vank; Persian: کلیسای آمناپرکیچ, Kelisā ye Āmenāperkič), also known the Church of the Saintly Sisters, is an Armenian Apostolic cathedral located in the New Julfa district of Isfahan, Iran.
Simeon, Father Superior of the monastery, added a large narthex-like real Armenian architecture, west extension to the church. The west extension duplicates the design of Etchmiadzin Cathedral, the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church. [9] The 19th century additions were constructed from ashlar Ashlar masonry stone.
The Monastery (Convent) of Saint Saviour (Armenian: Սուրբ Փրկիչ վանք) is a monastery of the Armenian Church in Jerusalem on Mount Zion. Outside of the Armenian Quarter, Old City, it is south of the Zion Gate. It includes two church buildings, the newer of which is unfinished.
The Forty Martyrs Armenian Cathedral (Arabic: كنيسة الأربعين شهيد, romanized: Kanīsa al-ʿarbaʾīn šahīd, Armenian: Ս. Քառասնից Մանկանց Մայր Եկեղեցի, romanized: S. K’arrasnits’ Mankants’ Mayr Yekeghets’i) of Aleppo, Syria, is a 15th-century Armenian Apostolic church located in the old Christian quarter of Jdeydeh.
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.
It is sometimes referred to as the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Armenian Church or Armenian Gregorian Church. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The Armenian Apostolic Church should not be confused with the fully distinct Armenian Catholic Church , which is an Eastern Catholic Church in communion with the See of Rome .