Saint John Church of Sohrol
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Saint John Church | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Armenian Catholic Church |
Rite | Armenian |
Status | Abandoned |
Location | |
Location | Sohrol, Iran |
Geographic coordinates | 38°18′00″N 46°11′52″E / 38.30000°N 46.19778°E |
Architecture | |
Style | Armenian |
Completed | 5th or 6th century; rebuilt 1840 |
The Church of Saint John (Armenian: Սուրբ Յովհաննէս Եկեղեցի) is a 5th- or 6th-century Armenian Catholic church in Sohrol, Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. It was rebuilt in 1840 by Samson Makintsev (Sam Khan; member of the Bogatyr Battalion) in brick on the older church foundation.[1] It was added to the Iran National Heritage List in 1968, with the registration ID 766.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "فصلنامه فرهنگی پیمان". paymanonline.com (in Persian).
- ^ "5th-century church being restored in northwestern Iran". Tehran Times. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
External links
- Media related to Saint John Church (Sohrol) at Wikimedia Commons
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