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Holy Translators Armenian Church, Tehran

Tehran · Vahidieh · Armenian Apostolic

Holy Translators Armenian Church, Tehran
Porch and bell turret of Holy Translators Church, photographed through an entrance arch in April 2024.Sasan77Abdi / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · resized for display
Locality
Tehran · Vahidieh
Tradition
Armenian Apostolic
Type of place
CHURCH BUILDING
Coordinates
35.71259° N, 51.47906° E

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History: Holy Translators Armenian Church, Tehran

Holy Translators Church was built in 1968 for the Armenian community of Tehran’s Vahidieh quarter. Navasargian records its construction as part of the city’s expanding Armenian church network. A first-hand IranPress report in January 2026 locates the same Targmanchats church on Vahideh Street, in the Armenian School alley.

An interesting detail

IranPress documented a special New Year service here at the dawn of 1 January 2026.

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