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Saint George Church

Tehran · Armenian Apostolic

Locality
Tehran
Tradition
Armenian Apostolic
Type of place
CHURCH BUILDING
Coordinates
35.67377° N, 51.41207° E
Identity
Matched to a public listing

A brief history

An Armenian Apostolic church in District 12 of Tehran, and the second-oldest church in the city after Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew. The two stand about a kilometre and a half apart in the old quarter, and between them they mark where Tehran's Armenian community first settled.

Saints & traditions

After Mary, Saint George is the dedication this directory repeats most often — from Cairo and Beirut to Lod and now Tehran, one name carried across languages, rites and centuries.

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