Holy Cross Church (Aleppo)

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Holy Cross Church
كنيسة الصليب المقدس

The Church of the Holy Cross ( Armenian Սուրբ Խաչ, Surb khach , Arabic كنيسة الصليب المقدس) is an Armenian Catholic church on Addou'ali Street in the Ourouba district (near Aziziyeh) of the Syrian city ​​of Aleppo .

The inauguration of the Holy Cross Church was held on April 24, 1993, the Memorial to the Armenian Genocide in 1915 in Ottoman Empire .

The Holy Cross Church is the construction of the Aleppine architect of Armenian descent , Sarkis Balmanougian.

Since April 2010 Nerses Zabbarian has been the parish priest of the Holy Cross Church.

The Holy Cross Church is not the only Armenian Catholic Church in Aleppo. The Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Our Mother of Redemption, completed in 1832, is located in the Christian quarter of al-Judaide .

Individual evidence

  1. Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Aleppo. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 15, 2013 ; Retrieved January 5, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.armeniancatholic.org

Coordinates: 36 ° 12 ′ 44.7 ″  N , 37 ° 9 ′ 19 ″  E