Holy Trinity Church ( hy, Սուրբ Երրորդություն Եկեղեցի ''Surp Yerrordut'yun Yekeghets'i'') is an Armenian Apostolic Church constructed in 2003 in the
Malatia-Sebastia District
Malatia-Sebastia ( hy, Մալաթիա-Սեբաստիա վարչական շրջան, ), also nicknamed colloquially as Bangladesh, is one of the 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, located in the western part of the city. As of the 20 ...
of
Yerevan
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,
Armenia
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. It is modeled after the 7th century
Zvartnots Cathedral
Zvartnots Cathedral ( hy, Զուարթնոց ( classical); ( reformed), sometimes rendered in scholarly works as Zuart'nots' or Zuart'noc' ; literally 'celestial angels cathedral') is a medieval Armenian cathedral near Vagharshapat (Ejmiatsin) ...
.
The construction works of the church planned to be built on the South-Western District of Yerevan started in March 2001. The Church was built according to the project of architect
Baghdasar Arzoumanian with the sponsorship of American Armenian national benefactor Mrs. Louise Simone Manoogian. On November 9, 2004,
Karekin II
Catholicos Karekin II ( hy, Գարեգին Բ, also spelled Garegin; born 21 August 1951) is the current Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. In 2013 he was unanimously elected the Oriental Orthodox he ...
, Catholicos of All Armenians, presided over the ceremony of consecration of the crosses of the Church of Holy Trinity. The Church of Holy Trinity was consecrated by Karekin II on November 20, 2005.
Gallery
Image:Holy Trinity Church, Malatia-Sebastia, Yerevan, Armenia.jpg, Side view of the Church
Image:Yerevan Holy Trinity Church.jpg, Surp Yerrortutyun (Holy Trinity)
Image:The Holy Trinity Church, Malatia-Sebastia district, Yerevan, Armenia, Entity Sign E.jpg, Entity sign "Է" ("E") on the wall of bell tower - the 7th letter of Armenian Alphabet
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, meaning "God"
External links
Holy Trinity Church - Araratian DioceseAbout the Holy Trinity Church in Yerevan
{{Yerevan landmarks
Armenian Apostolic church buildings in Yerevan
Churches completed in 2003