Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Mary, Tehran

The Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Mary, also known as the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation of the Mother of God, is located in , Iran. Inaugurated in 1951, it was founded to serve the once-vibrant Greek community of Tehran, which by the 1960s and 1970s, prior to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, numbered 3,000 people.
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  • Greek Orthodox church
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,212 metres (3,976 feet)
  • Description: church in Tehran, Iran
  • Also known as
    “Church of Saint Mary”
    “Church of St Mary”
    “Greek church of Virgin Mary”
    “Saint Mary Greek Church (Tehran)”
    “St Mary’s Church”
    “کلیسای ارتدوکس یونانی مریم مقدس”

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, formerly Tehran University… is situated 330 metres south of Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Mary, Tehran.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include District 7 and Imam Khomeini Square.
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is a suburb.
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The also known as Toopkhaneh…
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km south of Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Mary, Tehran.

Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Mary, Tehran

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Latitude
35.70675° or 35° 42′ 24″ north
Longitude
51.42604° or 51° 25′ 34″ east
Open location code
8H7HPC4G+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1288862423
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­greek_orthodox
Geo­Names ID
12097246
Wiki­data ID
Q65069304

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Mary, Tehran” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الكنيسة الأرثوذكسية اليونانية لسانت ماري”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديسة مريم للروم الأرثوذكس”
  • Greek: “Ελληνορθόδοξος ναός του Ευαγγελισμού της Θεοτόκου στη Τεχεράνη”
  • Greek: “Ελληνορθόδοξος ναός του Ευαγγελισμού της Θεοτόκου”
  • Persian: “کلیسای ارتدوکس یونانی سنت مری تهران”
  • Russian: “Благовещенская церковь”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святой Марии (Тегеран)”

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