The Armenian Church () is an

Armenian Apostolic The Armenian Apostolic Church () is the autocephalous national church of Armenia. Part of Oriental Orthodoxy, it is one of the most ancient Christian churches. The Armenian Apostolic Church, like the Armenian Catholic Church, belongs to the Arme ...

church located at 43 Carol I Boulevard in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

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. It is dedicated to the Archangels Michael and Gabriel.

Presentation

The cornerstone was laid in July 1911, and building proceeded according to the plans of architects

Dimitrie Maimarolu Dimitrie Maimarolu (1859 in Bucharest – 1926) was a Romanian architect, whose designs featured French Beaux-Arts style. He came from an Aromanian family, with roots in Macedonia. He studied architecture in France, first with Julien Guade ...

and , who was of Armenian origin. The design resembles

Etchmiadzin Cathedral Etchmiadzin Cathedral is the Mother church#Church as a building, mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located in the city Dual naming, dually known as Etchmiadzin (Ejmiatsin) and Vagharshapat, Armenia. It is #Oldest cathedral, usuall ...

. Work was completed in September 1915. In the yard, the surrounding complex includes a bishop's residence, a library and diocesan museum, a cultural center, a kindergarten, and the

Union of Armenians of Romania The Union of Armenians of Romania (, UAR; , RHM) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Armenian community. History The UAR contested the 1990 general elections, and despite receiving only 399 votes (0.003%),< ...

headquarters.Neculai Ionescu-Ghinea and Lucia Stoica, ''Enciclopedia lăcașurilor de cult din București'', vol. I, pp. 98-9. Bucharest: Editura Universalia, 2005, The church is listed as a

historic monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical ...

by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, as are the library and the statue of

Andranik Andranik Ozanian, commonly known as General Andranik or simply Andranik (25 February 186531 August 1927), was an Armenian military commander and statesman, the best known '' fedayi'' and a key figure of the Armenian national liberation moveme ...

.Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Municipiul București
File:Biserica Armeneasca B-II-m-B-18320 (2).jpg, Exterior File:Biserica Armeneasca, Bd. Carol I, 43, Bbucuresti sect. 2, (detaliu 8).JPG, Interior File:Biserica Armeneasca, Bd. Carol I, 43, Bucuresti sect. 2, (detaliu 4).JPG, Cultural center entrance File:Bucuresti, Romania, Biserica Armeneasca, Bd. Carol I, nr. 43, sect. 2, (crucea Martirilor Armeni).JPG, Cross in memory of the

Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily t ...

File:Biserica Armeneasca, Bd. Carol I, 43, Bucuresti sect. 2 (Statuia generalului Andranic).JPG, Andranik statue

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Churches completed in 1915 20th-century churches in Romania