St. Gregory the Illuminator's Church, Baku

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Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator (downtown Baku)
Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator (downtown Baku)

St. Gregory the Illuminator's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչի Եկեղեցի – Surb Grigor Lusavorichi Yekeghetsi) is a currently non-functioning Armenian Apostolic church in downtown Baku, Azerbaijan. It was built in 1887[1] and survived through the radical secular age of Sovietization. Unlike many places of worship that were subject to demolition throughout the Soviet Union in the 1920s and the 1930s, St. Gregory the Illuminator's Church remained standing, and religious services for the local Armenian community were not banned. In 1990, during the exodus of the Armenian population from Azerbaijan (as a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict), the church went out of use and was closed down. The library of the church consisting of 5,000 books and manuscripts has been preserved, and the building underwent renovation in 2004.[2] As of now, its future status remains undetermined.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Baku and Germans by Tamara Humbatova. Ch. 8. 2004
  2. ^ The Big Break-Through by Victor Loshak and Emil Guliyev. Ogoniok. #28(5004). 9 July 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2007


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