Church of the Holy Cross ( hy, Սուրբ Խաչ, ''Sourp khach''; ar, كنيسة الصليب المقدس) is an Armenian Catholic Church in the Ouroubeh district of
Aleppo,
Syria.
Overview
The consecration of the church took place on 24 April 1993, on the 78 anniversary of the
Armenian genocide
The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily through t ...
.
It is the work of the Aleppine-Armenian architect Sarkis Balmanougian. The church has a single dome with a belfry at the entrance.
During the
Syrian Civil War and after the break-up of the
Battle of Aleppo in 2012, the seat of the
Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo
The Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo (or Halab or Beroea) (informally Aleppo if the Armenians) is a non-Metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic Archdiocese) of the Armenian Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' (Armenian Rite in Armenian langua ...
was temporarily moved to the Holy Cross Church, as the original seat of the diocese the Cathedral of Our Mother of Reliefs was frequently being shelled by the Islamist rebels.
As of April 2010, Father Nerses Zabbarian is the parish priest of Holy Cross church.
Gallery
File:Church of the Holy Cross, Aleppo (3).jpg, Day view of the church
File:Holy Cross Church, Aleppo.jpg, Night view of the church
File:Holy Cross Church, Aleppo, 31 May 2014.jpg, Interior view of the church
See also
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Armenians in Syria
The Armenians in Syria are Syrian citizens of either full or partial Armenian descent.
Syria and the surrounding areas have often served as a refuge for Armenians who fled from wars and persecutions such as the Armenian genocide. However, there ...
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Armenian Catholic Church
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References
Cross
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Armenian Catholic churches in Syria
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