Armenian Church of the Holy Nazareth

Holy Nazareth Armenian Church
Սուրբ Նազարեթ Եկեղեցի
Holy Nazareth Church, Kolkata
Religion
AffiliationArmenian Apostolic Church
RiteArmenian
Location
LocationBurrabazar, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal
India India
Armenian Church of the Holy Nazareth is located in India
Armenian Church of the Holy Nazareth
Shown within India
Geographic coordinates22°34′47″N 88°21′05″E / 22.5796°N 88.3514°E / 22.5796; 88.3514
Architecture
StyleArmenian
Completed1688

The Armenian Holy Church of Nazareth (Armenian: Սուրբ Նազարեթ եկեղեցի) is an 18th-century Armenian Apostolic church at Kolkata (Calcutta), India, serving as the centre of the Armenian Community of Calcutta and the seat of the Armenian Vicariate of India and the Far East. It is affiliated with the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It was first built in the year 1688 during the Moghal era and rebuilt in 1724 on the old cemetery of the Armenian community, through the efforts of Agha Nazar after the original wooden structure perished in a fire in 1707.[1][2]

The belfry of the Holy Nazareth
  1. ^ "Armenian Church of the Holy Nazareth". Archived from the original on 12 December 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Armenian Church of the Holy Nazareth". Atlas Obscura. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.