Surp Harutyun (other)
Surp Harutyun (Armenian: Սուրբ Յարութիւն, 'Holy Resurrection') may refer to: * Taksim Surp Harutyun Church, an Armenian Church in Istanbul, Turkey * Sourp Haroutiun Chapel, Nicosia, Cyprus * The church of Surp Harutyun, Kecharis Monastery, Armenia See also * Church of the Holy Sepulchre The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, hy, Սուրբ Հարության տաճար, la, Ecclesia Sancti Sepulchri, am, የቅዱስ መቃብር ቤተክርስቲያን, he, כנסיית הקבר, ar, كنيسة القيامة is a church i ...

Taksim Surp Harutyun Church
Taksim Surp Harutyun Church ( hy, Սուրբ Յարութիւն Եկեղեցի), is an Armenian Church in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul. The original date of first construction is not exactly known but the church was removed in 1846, closed down in 1890 and rebuilt in 1895 by the architects Hovhannes and Mıgırdiç Esayan. The number of the Christian church visitors fell after the Armenian Genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily through t ... of 1915. References Armenian Apostolic churches in Istanbul Armenian buildings in Turkey {{OrientalOrthodox-church-stub ...
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Sourp Haroutiun Chapel, Nicosia
Sourp Haroutiun ( hy, Սուրբ Յարութիւն) is an Armenian Apostolic chapel in Ayios Dhometios, Nicosia, Cyprus. The chapel is located in the second Armenian cemetery to the west of Ayios Dhometios, Nicosia and was built in 1938 by rich businessman Haroutiun Bohdjalian, who was later buried in this cemetery,. The cemetery has been in use as a burial place since 1931. In 1963 the remains of about 100 persons buried in the old Armenian cemetery near Ledra Palace were transferred here and buried in a mass grave. In 1974, following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Turkish invasion, it fell within the UN buffer zone and very near the cease-fire line. As a result, no liturgies have been held there since 1974 and, until 2007, visits were allowed on one Sunday per month (it was later increased to two Sundays per month). Thanks to the efforts of Armenian MP Vartkes Mahdessian, since 2007 visits are allowed every Sunday noon. The cemetery was cleared and restored by the UNFICYP in ...
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Kecharis Monastery
Kecharis Monastery (), is a medieval Armenian monastic complex dating back to the 11th to 13th centuries, located 60 km from Yerevan, in the ski resort town of Tsaghkadzor in Armenia. Nestled in the Pambak mountains, Kecharis was founded by a Pahlavuni prince in the 11th century, and construction continued until the middle of the 13th century. In the 12th and 13th centuries, Kecharis was a major religious center of Armenia and a place of higher education. Today, the monastery has been fully restored and is clearly visible from the ski slopes. The domes of the two main churches were heavily damaged in an earthquake in 1927. The buildings were conserved during the period of the Armenian SSR, and rebuilding work started in the 1980s. A series of nationwide problems led to a halt in the rebuilding for about a decade as the 1988 Armenian earthquake hit, the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the First Nagorno-Karabakh War broke out, and Armenia was blockaded by its two allied Turkic n ...
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