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Returning to Armenia, Gregory raised churches in place of the destroyed pagan temples and seized their estates and wealth for the Armenian Church and his house. [ 23 ] [ h ] On the site of the destroyed temple to Vahagn at Ashtishat , Gregory raised a church which became the original center of the Armenian Church and remained so until after the ...
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 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 .
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.
The 12th-century gavit abutting St. Gregory's Church is the most common type of plan. It is a square building, with roofing supported by four internal abutments , and with squat octahedral tents above the central sections, somewhat similar to the Armenian peasant home of the glkhatun type.
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 St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral [1] (Greek: Καθεδρικός Ναός του Αγίου Γρηγορίου του Φωτιστού) also called Armenian Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator is an Armenian Catholic cathedral located at 2 Rene Pio, Neos Kosmos [2] in Athens, Greece.
The former church was small, but highly decorated with a tall thin dome. Large canvases depicted the four doctors of the Armenian church, including St Mesrobio, inventor of the Armenian alphabet, [1] and St Gregory baptizing the King of Armenia Teridate and his followers [2] on the right; while St Bartholomew the Apostle preaching Christianity to the pagan Armenian king Astyages [3] and a St ...