Sourp Amenapergitch
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Sourp Amenapergitch is an Armenian Apostolic chapel in Strovolos
, Nicosia
, Cyprus.
The chapel is located within the premises of the Kalaydjian Rest Home for the Elderly in Strovolos
, Nicosia, very near the AYMA club
and the Sourp Asdvadzadzin
church. It was built in 1995 by prominent businessmen Aram and Bedros Kalaydjian, both of whom served as Armenian Representatives in the House of Representatives ,.
The chapel, dedicated to the Saviour of All, was built to address the spiritual needs of the Rest Home's residents and was consecrated by the Catholicos of Cilicia, Aram I
, on 16 February 1997. Divine liturgies are celebrated there at least once a month by the parish priest of Nicosia, der Momig Habeshian.
Strovolos
Strovolos is a municipality of Nicosia. With a population of near 70,000, it is the second biggest municipality of Cyprus, after Limassol, and the biggest municipality of Nicosia...
, Nicosia
Nicosia
Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...
, Cyprus.
The chapel is located within the premises of the Kalaydjian Rest Home for the Elderly in Strovolos
Strovolos
Strovolos is a municipality of Nicosia. With a population of near 70,000, it is the second biggest municipality of Cyprus, after Limassol, and the biggest municipality of Nicosia...
, Nicosia, very near the AYMA club
AYMA, Nicosia
AYMA in Nicosia is a cultural and sporting club of the Armenians of Cyprus. A member of the international federation AYMA, it was founded in 1934 in the Armenian quarter of Nicosia, with colours black and white and first president Anania Mahdessian. Today the colours are the colours of the...
and the Sourp Asdvadzadzin
Sourp Asdvadzadzin
Sourp Asdvadzadzin is the Armenian Apostolic cathedral in Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus.Following the 1963-1964 inter-communal troubles, the Armenian-Cypriot community of Nicosia lost its mediaeval church Notre Dame de Tyre to extremist Turkish-Cypriots. As a result, President Makarios granted them...
church. It was built in 1995 by prominent businessmen Aram and Bedros Kalaydjian, both of whom served as Armenian Representatives in the House of Representatives ,.
The chapel, dedicated to the Saviour of All, was built to address the spiritual needs of the Rest Home's residents and was consecrated by the Catholicos of Cilicia, Aram I
Aram I
His Holiness Aram I is the head of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia and has been Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church since 1995...
, on 16 February 1997. Divine liturgies are celebrated there at least once a month by the parish priest of Nicosia, der Momig Habeshian.