Saint Sarkis Cathedral

Saint Sarkis Cathedral is an Armenian Apostolic church in , , completed in 1970 and named after Saint Sarkis the Warrior. It is the cathedral of the Armenian Diocese of Tehran, one of three Armenian dioceses in Iran, whose prelate is archbishop Sepuh Sargsyan.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
  • Description: cathedral in Tehran, Iranian national heritage site
  • Also known as: “Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maryam-e Moghaddas Metro Station and Africa Movie Theater.

Metro station
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Holy Mary Metro Station, named Maryam-e Moghaddas in Persian, is a stop on Tehran Metro Line 6. Construction began in 2015, and the station is situated at the junction of Nejatollahi and Karimkhan Zand Streets, close to St. Sarkis, an Armenian Apostolic cathedral.

Movie theater
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is situated 710 metres west of Saint Sarkis Cathedral.

Arts center
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is an arts center, which is situated 1 km southeast of Saint Sarkis Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include District 6 and District 7.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km east of Saint Sarkis Cathedral.

Neighborhood
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The also known as Toopkhaneh Square is a major in , . is situated 3½ km south of Saint Sarkis Cathedral.

Saint Sarkis Cathedral

Latitude
35.71494° or 35° 42′ 54″ north
Longitude
51.4151° or 51° 24′ 54″ east
Open location code
8H7HPC78+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 480654425
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­cathedral
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­armenian_apostolic
Wiki­data ID
Q2082848
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Saint Sarkis Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية مقدس ساركيس”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Սարգիս մայր տաճար”
  • Bulgarian: “Катедралата Свети Саркис”
  • Chinese: “聖薩爾基斯大教堂”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديسه سركيس”
  • French: “cathédrale Saint-Sarkis de Téhéran”
  • French: “Cathédrale Saint-Sarkis de Téhéran”
  • German: “Sankt Sarkis Kathedrale”
  • German: “Sankt-Sarkis-Kathedrale”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Santo Sarkis, Tehran”
  • Italian: “Armenia cathedral”
  • Persian: “کلیسای سرکیس مقدس”
  • Polish: “Katedra św. Sarkisa w Teheranie”
  • Russian: “Кафедральный собор св. Саркиса”
  • Russian: “Кафедральный собор Святого Саркиса”
  • Russian: “Собор Святого Саркиса”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Саргиса”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Katedrala sv. Sarkisa u Teheranu”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de San Sarkis”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Sarkiskatedralen, Teheran”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Sarkiskatedralen”
  • Thai: “อาสนวิหารนักบุญซาร์กิส (เตหะราน)”
  • Thai: “อาสนวิหารนักบุญซาร์กิส”
  • Turkish: “Saint Sarkis Katedrali, Tahran”
  • Western Armenian: “Սուրբ Սարգիս Մայր Տաճար”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Sarkiskatedraal (Teheran)”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Sarkiskatedraal”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include چاپخانه سازمان سنجش آموزش and Down with USA mural.

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