Armenian Churches

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Cathedral of Transfiguration of Lord (Armenian Church complex in Moscow)

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Monastery of Armenian Mekhitarist Congregation in Vienna, Austria










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The library of the monastery is a remarkable and comprehensive library with the world's largest collection of Armenian periodicals and newspapers, a splendid manuscript collection, and a museum with invaluable treasures of Armenian art.

The monastery holds around 2,800 Armenian manuscripts, which makes it the 4th largest collection in the world after Matenadaran in Armenia, the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and San Lazzaro degli Armeni in Italy.

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The Church of Holy Mother of God (Katoghike), in the center of Yerevan

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Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator in Odessa, Ukraine

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Saint Vartan Armenian Cathedral in New York, USA

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Armenian Apostolic Church of Saint John the Baptist of Greater Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Armenian church of Holy Mother of God or St Mary's Cathedral in Ayntap (Gaziantep, Turkey), transformed into mosque

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Armenian church of Holy Mother of God or St Mary's Cathedral in Ayntap (Gaziantep, Turkey), transformed into mosque

It's cultural genocide perpetrated by Modern Turkey, as well as the Ottoman Young Turks. The destruction and degradation of Armenian Cultural Landmarks was widespread in Turkey throughout the 20th Century, that especially applies to the destruction and degradation of Armenian Churches and Monasteries.

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Nice thread. Fight the good fight, Orthodox brothers.

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Armenian Church in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq