Surp Khach Church ( hy, Սուրբ Խաչ Եկեղեցի , russian: Церковь Святого Креста, Holy Cross Church) is an 18th-century
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
n church in
Nor Nakhichevan __NOTOC__
Nakhichevan-on-Don (russian: Нахичевань-на-Дону, ''Naxičevan’-na-Donu''), also known as New Nakhichevan ( hy, Նոր Նախիջևան, ''Nor Naxiĵevan''; as opposed to the "old" Nakhichevan), was an Armenian-populate ...
. It is the oldest surviving monument in the borders of
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...
.
History
The church was built in 1786–1792. In 1972, it was turned into a museum of Russian-Armenian friendship, but was reopened as an Armenian Apostolic Church in 2000.
The church is situated in the modern-day Voroshilovsky (North) rayon, on a high hill near the river. Several famous Armenian people like
Harutyun Alamdaryan
Harutyun (Gevork) Manuki Alamdaryan ( hy, Հարություն (Գևորգ) Մանուկի Ալամդարյան) 1795, Astrakhan - 1834, Nor Nakhijevan) was an Armenian poet and teacher.
Biography
In 1813 he was invited to Moscow where he beca ...
,
Raphael Patkanian
Raphael Patkanian ( hy, Ռափայել Պատկանյան, also known as Kamar Katiba; 20 November 1830 – 3 September 1892) was one of the most popular Armenian poets.The Survey - Page 259 by Survey Associates
Biography
Patkanian was born i ...
and
Mikael Nalbandian
Mikayel Nalbandian ( hy, Միքայել Նալբանդյան; ) was a Russian-Armenian writer, poet, political theorist and activist.
Nalbandian was born in Nakhichevan-on-Don, an Armenian town in southern Russia, and traveled extensively, al ...
are buried near the church.
See also
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Nakhichevan-on-Don __NOTOC__
Nakhichevan-on-Don (russian: Нахичевань-на-Дону, ''Naxičevan’-na-Donu''), also known as New Nakhichevan ( hy, Նոր Նախիջևան, ''Nor Naxiĵevan''; as opposed to the "old" Nakhichevan), was an Armenian-populated ...
References
Armenian Apostolic churches in Russia
Churches in Rostov-on-Don
1786 establishments in the Russian Empire
Churches completed in 1792
18th-century churches in Russia
Cultural heritage monuments in Rostov-on-Don
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Rostov Oblast
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