Surp Nerses Shnorhali Cathedral ( es, Iglesia Apostólica Armenia San Nerses Shnorhali; hy, Սուրբ Ներսէս Շնորհալի եկեղեցի) is an
Armenian Apostolic
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church in the neighbourhood of
Bella Vista, Montevideo,
Uruguay.
This temple, dedicated to the
Catholicos
Catholicos, plural Catholicoi, is a title used for the head of certain churches in some Eastern Christian traditions. The title implies autocephaly and in some cases it is the title of the head of an autonomous church. The word comes from ancient ...
saint
Nerses Shnorhali, is the prelacy of the Uruguayan Diocese of the Armenian Holy Apostolic Church. Its current head is Archbishop Hakob Glnjian.
The church is part of a bigger ensemble of buildings that house Armenian-Uruguayan institutions.
There is a
memorial to the Armenian genocide, with a sculpture by
Nerses Ounanian.
Nerses Ounanian
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See also
* List of cathedrals in Uruguay
* Cathedral of Our Lady of Bzommar
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Bzommar ( es, Catedral Católica Armenia Nuestra Señora de Bzommar) is the cathedral church of the Armenian Catholic Church in Prado (Montevideo), Uruguay as Co-cathedral of Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of ...
* Armenians in Uruguay
Armenian Uruguayans number around 15,000–20,000 of the population, making Uruguay to have one of the largest Armenian populations around the world. The Armenian community in Uruguay is one of the oldest communities in South America, with most ...
References
External links
Pictures of the Armenian Church
Church buildings in Montevideo
Armenian Apostolic cathedrals in Uruguay
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