Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church ( hy, Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ եկեղեցի; russian: Церковь св. Григория Просветителя) is an Armenian church in Ketevan Tsamebuli Avenue (formerly Kakheti Street) in
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...
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Georgia
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. St. Gregory the Illuminator church was destroyed in 1937-38 by
Lavrentiy Beria
Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (; rus, Лавре́нтий Па́влович Бе́рия, Lavréntiy Pávlovich Bériya, p=ˈbʲerʲiə; ka, ლავრენტი ბერია, tr, ; – 23 December 1953) was a Georgian Bolsheviks ...
order along with 11 other Armenian churches in Tbilisi.
References
* Армянские церкви Тбилиси
Сурб Григор Лусаворич
See also
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Armenians in Tbilisi
The Armenians have historically been one of the main ethnic groups in the city of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Armenians are the largest ethnic minority in Tbilisi at 4.8% of the population. Armenians migrated to the Georgian lands in the M ...
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List of Armenian churches in Georgia
Armenian churches in Tbilisi
Armenian Apostolic churches in Tbilisi
Old Tbilisi
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