Gethsemane Chapel ( hy, Գեթսեմանի Մատուռ, ''Get'semani Matur'') was a small Armenian Apostolic church in the historic ''Shahar'' district of
Yerevan
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, that was destroyed during the 1920s to make way for the construction of the
Yerevan Opera Theater on what is known today as the Tumanyan street.
The Gethsemane chapel was built by the end of the 17th century, replacing a 13th-century domed basilica ruined during the
1679 earthquake. However, the chapel of Gethsemane had a shape of single-nave basilica with no dome. It was surrounded by the old Yerevan cemetery.
It was entirely renovated in 1901 through the donation of the wealthy Yerevanian ''Melik-Aghamalyan'' family. The chapel was eventually destroyed during the 1920s.
See also
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Saint Paul and Peter Church, Yerevan
Saint Paul and Peter Church ( hy, Սուրբ Պողոս-Պետրոս Եկեղեցի; ''Surp Poghos-Petros yekeghetsi'') was an Armenian Apostolic church in Yerevan, Armenia originally built during the 5th-6th centuries. It was demolished in Nov ...
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Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church, Yerevan
Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church ( hy, Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ եկեղեցի, ''Surb Grigor Lusavorich yekeghets'i'') was an Armenian Apostolic church in Yerevan, Armenia, that was destroyed in 1939. It was where Yeghishe ...
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History of Yerevan The history of modern Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, traces its roots back to Erebuni Fortress
an ancient Urartian fortified monument from which also the modern city of Yerevan derives its name. The earliest reference to Yerevan in the medieval ...
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Armenian Apostolic church buildings in Yerevan
17th-century churches
Demolished buildings and structures in Armenia
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