Holy Vartanants Martyrs Church

Holy Vartanants Martyrs Church
Սրբոց Վարդանանց Նահատակաց եկեղեցի
Religion
AffiliationArmenian Apostolic Church
Location
LocationYerablur Military Pantheon, Yerevan, Armenia
Holy Vartanants Martyrs Church is located in Armenia
Holy Vartanants Martyrs Church
Shown within Armenia
Geographic coordinates40°09′30″N 44°27′30″E / 40.158333°N 44.458333°E / 40.158333; 44.458333
Architecture
Architect(s)Aslan Mkhitaryan[1]
TypeChurch
StyleArmenian
Completed1998

St. Vartanants Martyrs Church (Armenian: Սրբոց Վարդանանց Նահատակաց եկեղեցի, romanized: Srbots Vardanants Nahatakats yekeghetsi) is the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It is located on the Yerablur hill, right of the Yerevan-Echmiadzin highway.

On the day of Saint Vartanants, the Armenian Apostolic Church holds a liturgy in the church.[2][3]

The church is located next to the Yerablur Military Pantheon. Various Armenian officials visit the church to honor the memory of the fallen Armenian soldiers.[4][5]

History

The construction of St. Vardanants Martyrs Church in Yerablur began in 1994 on the initiative of Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin I and Vazgen Sargsyan. The sponsors of the construction of the church are the Armenian Americans Hrach and Victoria Voskanyan. The church was consecrated in 1998 by Archbishop Garegin Nersisyan.

Gradually, a community formed around the church, consisting of the parents of the killed Armenian and Artsakh soldiers, whose graves are buried in the Yerablur Military Pantheon. By order of the Catholicos of All Armenians in the church every Sunday on the Feast of Tabernacles, on the Days of the Dead, on the feasts of St. Vardanants and St. Sarkis, the sacred liturgy is celebrated.[6][7][8][9]

  • St. Holy Vartanants Martyrs Church
    St. Holy Vartanants Martyrs Church
  • Church on the background of the Yerablur Military Pantheon
    Church on the background of the Yerablur Military Pantheon
  • Excerpt from St. Vartanants Martyrs Church
    Excerpt from St. Vartanants Martyrs Church
  • Engraving on the wall of St. Vartanants Martyrs Church
    Engraving on the wall of St. Vartanants Martyrs Church

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Հայ Առաքելական Եկեղեցին նշել է Ս. Վարդանանց տոնը" [The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrated St. Vardanants holiday]. armenpress.am (in Armenian). 27 February 2014.
  3. ^ "ՄԵՐ ՆՈՐ ՀԱՂԹԱՆԱԿՆԵՐԻ ՎԿԱՅՈՒԹՅՈՒՆԸ". hayzinvor.am (in Armenian). 6 March 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Քաղաքապետը և ԵԿՄ վարչության նախագահն այցելել են Եռաբլուր". azatutyun.am (in Armenian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Սերժ Սարգսյանն այցելել է «Եռաբլուր» պանթեոն". iravaban.net (in Armenian). Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Մալաթիա-Սեբաստիա, Եռաբլուր պանթեոն, Ս. Վարդանանց Նահատակաց եկեղեցի" [Malatia-Sebastia, Yerablur Pantheon, S. Vardanants Martyrs Church]. qahana.am (in Armenian).
  7. ^ "Եռաբլուր". barevarmenia.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  8. ^ Marine Martirosyan. "Արարատյան Հայրապետական թեմը նորակառույց եկեղեցիների թվով ռեկորդակիր է". hetq.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Ераблур". conciergetravel.am (in Russian). Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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