The following is a list of churches and cathedrals in the Armenian capital city of Yerevan along with their architectural styles.[1][2]
Active churches
[edit]Name | Image | Consecration | Location | Architect | Style |
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Katoghike Church | 1264 | 15/1 Abovyan Street, Kentron District | Single-nave domed basilica | ||
Saint Hakob Church of Kanaker | 1679[3] | 20/1 Kanaker 6th street, Kanaker-Zeytun District | Three-nave basilica without dome | ||
Zoravor Surp Astvatsatsin Church | ![]() |
1694 | 4 Tumanyan street 2nd alley, Kentron District | Three-nave basilica without dome | |
Holy Mother of God Church (Kanaker) |
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1695 | Kanaker 6th street 2nd alley, Kanaker-Zeytun District | Three-nave basilica with no dome | |
Surp Gevork Church, Noragavit | 17th century | Noragavit 7th street, Shengavit District | Three-nave basilica without dome | ||
Saint John the Baptist Church | ![]() |
1710 | 15 Kozern street, Kentron District | Baghdasar Arzoumanian and Areg Israelyan (reconstruction) |
Cruciform |
Saint Sarkis Cathedral | ![]() |
1842 | 21 Israelyan street, Kentron District | Rafael Israelyan (renovation) | Vertical-emphasis rectangular |
Surp Kiraki Church | 19th century | Noragavit 7th street, Shengavit District | Single-nave basilica without dome | ||
Saint Ananias' Chapel | 1889 | 4 Tumanyan street 2nd alley, Kentron District | Single-nave domed basilica | ||
Surp Khach Zoravor Chapel | 1991 | Shengavit District | Ruben Gasparyan | Single-nave basilica without dome | |
Holy Mother of God Church, Nork-Marash | 1995 | 225 Armenak Armenakyan street, Nork-Marash District | Radial | ||
Holy Mother of God Church, Malatia-Sebastia | 1998 | Romanos Melikyan street, Malatia-Sebastia District | Hrachya Gasparyan | Radial | |
Holy Vartanants Martyrs Chapel | ![]() |
1998 | Yerablur, Malatia-Sebastia District | Single-nave domed basilica | |
Saint Sarkis Church, Nor Nork | 1999 | Galshoyan street, Nor Nork District | Baghdasar Arzoumanian | Circular | |
Saint Gregory Cathedral | ![]() |
2001 | Yervand Kochar street, Kentron District | Stepan Kurkchyan | Mix of cruciform and vertical-emphasis rectangular |
Holy Mother of God Church, Avan | 2002 | Marshall Babajanian street, Avan District | Grisha Melik-Sarkisian | Cruciform | |
Holy Martyrs Church, Davtashen | ![]() |
2003 | Sasna Tsrer street, Davtashen District | Levon Oumedyan | Single-nave domed basilica |
Holy Trinity Church | 2005 | 11 Raffi street, Malatia-Sebastia District | Baghdasar Arzoumanian | Circular | |
Holly Cross Church, Charbakh | ![]() |
2006 | Nerkin Charbakh 8th street, Shengavit District | Hrachya Gasparyan | Cruciform |
Holy Mother of God Church, Nor Nork | ![]() |
2014 | Fridtjof Nansen park, Nor Nork District | Albert Sokhikyan Artashes Sokhikyan |
Single-nave domed basilica |
Holy Martyrs Church, Nubarashen | ![]() |
2015 | 13th street, Nubarashen District | Artak Ghulyan | Radial |
Saint Anna Church | ![]() |
2015 | Abovyan Street, Kentron District | Vahagn Movsisyan | Cruciform |
Holy Cross Church, Arabkir | ![]() |
2018 | Komitas Avenue, Arabkir District | Artak Ghulyan | Vertical-emphasis rectangular |
Church of the Holy Apostles, Shengavit | ![]() |
2019 | Verin Shengavit 2nd Street, Shengavit District | Hakob Babakhanyan | Single-nave domed basilica |
Russian Orthodox church buildings
[edit]Name | Image | Consecration | Location | Architect | Style |
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Intercession of the Holy Mother of God | ![]() |
1916 | 68 Zakaria Kanakertsi street, Kanaker-Zeytun District | Fyodor Verzhbitsky | Mix of bell-tower and single-domed ship-like churches style |
Holy Cross Church | ![]() |
2017 | Admiral Isakov Avenue, Malatia-Sebastia District | Four piers church style |
Partly-ruined churches
[edit]Armenian Apostolic
[edit]Name | Image | Consecration | Location | Architect | Style |
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Holy Mother of God Chapel (Avan) (half-ruined) |
4th century | Never Safaryan street, Avan District | Single-nave basilica with no dome | ||
Katoghike Tsiranavor Church (Avan) (half-ruined) |
591 | Marshal Khudyakov street 2nd alley, Avan District | Radial | ||
Surp Hovhannes Chapel (Avan) (half-ruined) |
12-13th centuries | Never Safaryan street, Avan District | Single-nave basilica with no dome | ||
Holy Mother of God Parochial Church (Avan) |
19th century | Avan 14th street 4th alley, Avan District | Single-nave basilica with no dome |
Entirely demolished churches
[edit]Armenian Apostolic
[edit]Name | Image | Consecration | Demolition | Location | Architect | Style |
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Saint Paul and Peter Church | ![]() |
5th century | 1930 | Replaced by the Moscow Cinema on Abovyan Street, Kentron District |
Single-nave basilica with no dome | |
Holy Mother of God Katoghike Church | ![]() |
7th century | 1936 | Replaced by the languages institute on Abovyan Street, Kentron District |
Three-nave domed basilica | |
Gethsemane Chapel | ![]() |
1690s | 1920s | Replaced by the Yerevan Opera Theater on Tumanyan street, Kentron District |
Single-nave basilica with no dome | |
Mler Chapel | ![]() |
19th century | 1930s | Replaced by the Komitas Pantheon on Arshakunyats Avenue, Shengavit District |
Cruciform | |
Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church | ![]() |
1900 | 1949 | Replaced by the Yeghishe Charents School on Amiryan street, Kentron District |
Cruciform |
Russian Orthodox
[edit]Name | Image | Consecration | Demolition | Location | Architect | Style |
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Saint Nikolai Russian Cathedral | ![]() |
Second half of the 19th century |
1931 | Replaced by Shahumyan Square, Kentron District | Vasili Mirzoyan, Nikita Kitkin |
Four piers church style |
Under construction
[edit]Armenian Apostolic
[edit]Name | Image | Consecration | Location | Architect | Style |
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Holy Translators Church | TBD | Tbilisi highway, Arabkir District | Erick Ohanyan | Circular | |
Surp Mesrop Mashtots Church | TBD | Liberators' Street, Erebuni District | Artak Ghulyan | Mix of cruciform and vertical-emphasis rectangular | |
Holy Martyrs Church | ![]() |
2020 | Arshakunyats Avenue, Shengavit District | Artak Ghulyan | Mix of cruciform and vertical-emphasis rectangular |
References
[edit]- ^ Churches of Yerevan
- ^ Old and new Churches in Yerevan
- ^ Kiesling, Brady (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 40. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.