Church of the Holy Archangels, Vagharshapat

Church of the Holy Archangels Սրբոց Հրեշտակապետաց եկեղեցի
Basic information
Location	Vagharshapat, Armavir Province,  Armenia
Affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Jim Torosyan
Architectural type	Circular
Architectural style	Armenian
Groundbreaking	10 September 2007
Completed	5 November 2011
Specifications
Width	15 meters
Dome(s)	1

The Church of the Holy Archangels (Armenian: Սրբոց Հրեշտակապետաց եկեղեցի), is a church located in the town of Vagharshapat, Armenia, within the complex of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, adjacent to the Gevorkian Theological Seminary.^[1]

History and architecture

The construction of the church was launched in September 2007 by the donation of benefactor Gagik Galstyan and with the design of architect Jim Torosyan. It has a circular shape with a diameter of 15 meters.

It occupies the northeastern corner of the Mother See complex, the area between the Gevorkian Seminary and the Gate of Vazgen I.

The consecration of the church took place on 5 November 2011 by Catholicos Karekin II. The church is mainly used by the deacons and students of the seminary to hold their daily liturgical services and divine worship. However, the church is open for secular worshipers as well.^[2]

Gallery

• 
  The church as seen between the Gevorkian Seminary and the Gate of Vazgen I
• 
  Internal view of the dome
• 
  Inside the church
• 
  The altar
• 
  At the church yard

References

Coordinates: 40°09′45″N 44°17′36″E / 40.16250°N 44.29333°E / 40.16250; 44.29333

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:Church of the Holy Archangels, Vagharshapat.

Vagharshapat
Places of worship	Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Etchmiadzin Cathedral Saint Hripsime Church Saint Gayane Church Zvartnots Cathedral Shoghakat Church Holy Mother of God Cathedral Church of the Holy Archangels Saints Vartan and Hovhannes Baptistery
Education and culture	Gevorkian Theological Seminary Catholicosal Museum Khrimian Museum Alex and Marie Manoogian Treasury House Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Manuscript Depository Karekin I Centre of Theology and Armenology
Other	Nersisian Park Komitas Square Vagharshapat City Stadium FC Vagharshapat Diocese of Armavir

Contemporary Armenian churches and seminaries
Armenia	Gevorkian Theological Seminary Vaskenian Theological Academy Yerevan Holy Trinity Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral Saint John the Baptist Saint Sarkis (Kentron) Saint Sarkis (Nor Nork) Saint Anna Church Gyumri Holy Mother of God Church of the Holy Saviour Vagharshapat Church of the Holy Archangels Oshakan Saint Mesrop Mashtots Cathedral Abovyan Saint John the Baptist Church
Nagorno Karabakh	Ghazanchetsots Cathedral Kanach Zham
Georgia	Tbilisi Church of the Holy Seal Church of the Red Gospel Ejmiatsin Holy Mother of God (Bethlehem) Saint George Saint Gevorg of Mughni Saint Karapet Saint Stephanos Chugureti St. Astvatsatsin
Lebanon	Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia Armenian Catholic Patriarchate
Syria	Church of the Holy Mother of God Cathedral of the Forty Martyrs of Sebastia St. Hagop Church St. Gregory the Illuminator Church Holy Trinity Church Holy Cross Church Armenian Genocide Memorial Church (Der Zor)
Azerbaijan	Saint Gregory of Baku
Iran	Saint Sargis
United States	Church of Our Savior, Worcester Holy Trinity Church, Fresno St. Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church St. Vartan Cathedral Saint Sarkis of Dearborn
Turkey	Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople St. Giragos Armenian Church Kartal Surp Nişan Armenian Orthodox Church Taksim Surp Harutyun Church
Other countries	Austria Mekhitarist Monastery of Vienna India Armenian Church, Chennai Armenian Church of the Holy Nazareth Italy Mekhitarist Monastery of Venice (San Lazzaro) Santa Croce degli Armeni Ukraine Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Singapore Saint Gregory
Armenia Portal