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Minassian acquired a Lutheran church on Mountain Street in 1997. The building was renovated so the Armenian rite liturgy could be celebrated. The Armenian style altar was created by Fathers Raphael and Dajad Yardemian. St. Gregory the Illuminator parish was established in 1998 and Minassian left Our Lady Queen of Martyrs.
It was created by John Paul II on July 3, 1981, as the Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America and Canada for the Armenians. [1] It was elevated to an eparchy on September 12, 2005. The seat of the eparchy is St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Glendale, California. [2]
The feast day of Saint Gregory the Illuminator is on September 30 according to both the 2004 Roman Martyrology of the Ordinary Form and the 1956 Roman Martyrology [72] of the Extraordinary Form of the Catholic Church; however, the 1962 Roman Missal [73] and its previous editions list the feast day of "Saint Gregory, Bishop of Greater Armenia ...
Saint Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Catholic Cathedral in Glendale, California. Currently around 1.5 million Armenians live in North America, of which 35,000 belong to the Armenian Catholic Church.
Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral may refer to: Armenia. Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Yerevan; Brazil. St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, São Paulo; Greece. St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Athens; Lebanon. Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator; United States
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The Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator (Armenian: Սուրբ Եղիա – Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ եկեղեցի) is a cathedral of the Armenian Catholic Church in Debbas Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Construction was funded in 1928 by Pope Pius XI. [1]
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.