Gethsemane Chapel () was a small Armenian Apostolic church in the historical Shahar district of
Yerevan
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, that was destroyed during the 1920s to make way for the construction of the
Yerevan Opera Theater on what is known today as the Tumanyan street.
The Gethsemane Chapel was built by the end of the 17th century, replacing a 13th-century domed basilica ruined during the
1679 earthquake. However, the chapel of Gethsemane had a shape of single-nave basilica with no dome. It was surrounded by the old Yerevan cemetery.
It was entirely renovated in 1901 through the donation of the wealthy Yerevanian Melik-Aghamalyan family. The chapel was eventually destroyed during the 1920s.
See also
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Saint Paul and Peter Church, Yerevan
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Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church, Yerevan
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History of Yerevan The history of modern Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, traces its roots back to Erebuni Fortress
an ancient Urartu, Urartian fortified monument from which also the modern city of Yerevan derives its name. The earliest reference to Yerevan in the me ...
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Armenian Apostolic church buildings in Yerevan
17th-century churches
Demolished buildings and structures in Armenia
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