The Holy Trinity Church ( hy, Սուրբ Երրորդութիւն Եկեղեցի, ''Sourp Yerrortutyun''; ar, كنيسة الثالوث الأقدس), also called Zvartnots, is an
Armenian Catholic
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church in al-Midan district of
Aleppo,
Syria.
Overview
The consecration of the church took place in 1965, on the occasion of the 50th 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 ...
and was renovated in 1990. Its structure resembles the one of
Zvartnots in
Armenia
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. The architect of the church is Pascal Paboudjian.
Armenian Catholic churches in Aleppo, Syria
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The ''Zvartnots'' primary school known in Arabic as ''al-Farah School'' () located within the church complex, belongs to 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 ...
, operating from kindergarten to 9th grade.
See also
*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 ...
*List of churches in Aleppo
List of active churches and cathedrals in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Note that around 20 churches received varying damage during the Battle of Aleppo, which ended in December 2016.
Armenian churches
*Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenian Dioce ...
References
Trinity
The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the central dogma concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God th ...
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1965
Armenian Catholic churches in Syria
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings
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