Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran

The Saint Sarkis Cathedral or St - Serkis Cathedral ( Armenian Սուրբ Սարգիս մայր տաճար, Persian کلیسای سرکیس مقدس ) is an Armenian Apostolic Church in the Iranian capital Tehran.

History

The construction of the St. Sarkis Church in Tehran began in 1964 under the tolerant to minorities Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and was completed in 1970. The church was built by the Sarkissian brothers in memory of their deceased parents.

Initially focused on the Tehran Prelature in conjunction with the St. Mother Mary Church in central Tehran. In the early 1960s it was decided that the site of the Prälaturbüros accommodate other in a new village. Therefore, the bishop and the committee members of the time of the Armenian Bene factor Markar Sarkissian, which should help them in this matter turned. So the committee has allowed the country at the end of Buy Villa Street (now called Nedschatollahi Street ). In 2006 Renovated Mr. Hagopian Hrair the baptismal font and the church in memory of his beloved wife Vartoohi Davidian.