The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God of Kanaker ( hy, Քանաքեռի Սուրբ Տիրամոր Ռուս Ուղղափառ Եկեղեցի (''Kanakeri Surb Tiramor Rus Vughghap'ar Yekeghets'i''), russian: Храм Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы в Канакер), is an active

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church in the old area of

Kanaker Kanaker ( hy, Քանաքեռ; also Romanized as K’anak’err, Kenaker, Kanaker, and Qanaqer) was a town in Armenia to the north-east of the capital Yerevan. With the urban development, the village was gradually absorbed by the capital Yerevan t ...

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

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History

The church was built in the village of Kanaker-since absorbed by Yerevan-7 kilometres north of the capital's old centre in 1912. Being part of the Yerevan Governorate of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

, the church was built to serve the 2nd Caucasian division of the Russian troops deployed near Yerevan, which consisted mainly of Cossacks from Kuban and Poltava. It was designed by the Russian architect Fyodor Verzhbitsky after the fashion typical to military churches. Upon its inauguration, the church was named after Saint Alexander Nevsky. During the

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period, the church was closed and turned into a warehouse, and was reopened with the independence of Armenia in 1991. It was entirely renovated in 2000. The centennial of the church's consecration was commemorated in October 2012, with representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church present.

Gallery

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References

{{Yerevan landmarks Churches completed in 1916 Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Russian Orthodox church buildings Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Armenia 20th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings 20th-century churches in Armenia