Surp Nerses Shnorhali Cathedral, Montevideo

Iglesia Apostólica Armenia San Nerses Shnorhali
Basic information
Location Av. Agraciada
Montevideo,  Uruguay
Geographic coordinates 34°52′42″S 56°11′46″W / 34.878221°S 56.196037°W / -34.878221; -56.196037Coordinates: 34°52′42″S 56°11′46″W / 34.878221°S 56.196037°W / -34.878221; -56.196037
Affiliation Armenian Apostolic Church
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Cathedral
Architect(s) Rafael Israelyan
Architectural style Armenian

Surp Nerses Shnorhali Cathedral (Spanish: Iglesia Apostólica Armenia San Nerses Shnorhali; Armenian: Սուրբ Ներսէս Շնորհալի եկեղեցի) is an Armenian Apostolic church in the neighbourhood of Bella Vista, Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]

This temple, dedicated to the Catholicos saint Nerses Shnorhali, is the prelacy of the Uruguayan Diocese of the Armenian Holy Apostolic Church. Its current head is Archbishop Hakob Glnjian.[2]

The church is part of a bigger ensemble of buildings that house Armenian-Uruguayan institutions.[1] There is a memorial to the Armenian Genocide, with a sculpture by Nerses Ounanian.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Armenians in Uruguay". The Virtual Museum of Armenian Diaspora. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Hovik Abrahamyan meets Archbishop Hakob Glnjian in Montevideo
  3. ↑ Nerses Ounanian


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