Church of the Holy Nazareth
The Armenian Holy Church of Nazareth is an 18th-century Armenian Apostolic church at Kolkata, India, serving as the centre of the Armenian Community of Calcutta and the seat of the Armenian Vicariate of India and the Far East.Photo: Arup1981, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: building in India
- Also known as: “Armenian Church” and “Armenian Church of the Holy Nazareth”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Howrah Station and Howrah Bridge.
Howrah Station
Photo: Tirthankar Maiti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Howrah Station, also known as Howrah Junction, is a major railway station of Kolkata in India. It not only connects the city to the rest of the country, but also acts as a major hub to connect different destinations of West Bengal and beyond.
Howrah Bridge
Photo: Pradip paswan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Howrah Bridge is a balanced steel bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking both sides of Kolkata. Howrah Bridge is situated 780 metres northwest of Church of the Holy Nazareth.
Magen David Synagogue
Synagogue
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
Magen David Synagogue is located at the junction of Brabourne Road and Canning Street in Kolkata. Magen David is the second operating synagogue in Kolkata, the other is the Beth El Synagogue at Pollock Street. Magen David Synagogue is situated 220 metres south of Church of the Holy Nazareth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jorasanko and BBD Bagh.
Jorasanko
Suburb
Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jorasanko is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. It is so called because of the two wooden or bamboo bridges that spanned a small stream at this point.
BBD Bagh
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
BBD Bagh, short of Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, is the colonial-era precinct of Kolkata. Formerly known as Dalhousie Square or simply Dalhousie, the district takes a visitor back to the British Raj era with nostalgic overtones.
Bowbazar
Suburb
Bowbazar, also spelt Boubazar; formerly known as Bahubazar) is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Church of the Holy Nazareth
- Categories: cemetery and religion
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Church of the Holy Nazareth” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Նազարեթ եկեղեցի”
- Bengali: “আর্মেনিয়ান চার্চ অফ দ্যা হোলি নাজারেথ”
- Bengali: “আর্মেনিয়ান চার্চ অব দ্য হোলি নাজারেথ”
- Bengali: “আর্মেনীয় গির্জা”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الكنيسه الارمنيه فى الناصره المقدسه”
- French: “église arménienne de Nazareth”
- French: “Église arménienne de Nazareth”
- Persian: “کلیسای نازارت مقدس”
- Polish: “Kościół Ormiański Świętego Nazaretu”
- Russian: “Церковь Святого Назарета (Калькутта)”
- Russian: “Церковь Святого Назарета”
- Western Armenian: “Սուրբ Նազարէթ եկեղեցի”
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