Building Name: | Saint Minas Church of Tehran |
Location: | Vanak, Tehran, Iran |
Map Type: | Iran |
Religious Affiliation: | Armenian Apostolic Church |
Rite: | Armenian |
Functional Status: | Functioning |
Architecture: | yes |
Architecture Style: | Armenian |
Year Completed: | 1856, rebuilt 1875 |
Saint Minas Church of Tehran, (Armenian: Armenian: Սուրբ Մինաս եկեղեցի, Persian: Persian: کلیسای میناس مقدس ), is an Armenian Apostolic church in Tehran, Iran.
It is located in the Armenian Fort Persian: قلعه ارامنه, Ararat Street, in the northern suburb of Vanak of Tehran.
In 1856, Mirza Yousef Khan Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, funded building of a small chapel for the Armenians in the Armenian Fort of the village of Vanak, which he had resettled from Chaharmahal (hy). Current building is from 1875. In the hill across the Armenian Fort, there used to be an Armenian cemetery that in mid-20th century, Ararat Stadium was built in place of that.[1]