Armenian Church, Bucharest

The Armenian Church
The Armenian Church
	The church in 2013
Address	Bd. Carol I, nr. 43, Sector 2
Country	Romania
Language(s)	Classical Armenian, Armenian
Denomination	Armenian Apostolic Church
Tradition	Oriental Orthodox
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Architect(s)	Grigore Mithridate Buiucliu [ro]; Dimitrie Maimarolu; Grigore Cerchez [ro]
Style	Armenian architecture
Groundbreaking	1911
Completed	1915

The Armenian Church (Romanian: Biserica Armenească) is an Armenian Apostolic church located at 43 Carol I Boulevard in Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to the Archangels Michael and Gabriel.

Presentation[edit]

The cornerstone was laid in July 1911, and building proceeded according to the plans of architects Dimitrie Maimarolu and Grigore Cerchez [ro], who was of Armenian origin. The design resembles Etchmiadzin Cathedral. Work was completed in September 1915. In the yard, the surrounding complex includes a bishop's residence, a library and diocesan museum, a cultural center, a kindergarten, and the Union of Armenians of Romania headquarters.^[1]

The church is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, as are the library and the statue of Andranik.^[2]

Exterior
Interior
Cultural center entrance
Cross in memory of the Armenian genocide
Andranik statue

Notes[edit]

^ Neculai Ionescu-Ghinea and Lucia Stoica, Enciclopedia lăcașurilor de cult din București, vol. I, pp. 98-9. Bucharest: Editura Universalia, 2005, ISBN 978-973-772-212-6
^ (in Romanian) Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Municipiul București Archived 2018-09-10 at the Wayback Machine

44°26′15″N 26°06′39″E / 44.43744°N 26.11082°E / 44.43744; 26.11082

[arm-1] Neculai Ionescu-Ghinea and Lucia Stoica, Enciclopedia lăcașurilor de cult din București, vol. I, pp. 98-9. Bucharest: Editura Universalia, 2005, ISBN 978-973-772-212-6

[ist-2] (in Romanian) Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Municipiul București Archived 2018-09-10 at the Wayback Machine

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