Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew Church of Tehran

Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew Church of Tehran, (Armenian: , Persian: ), is an Armenian Apostolic church in Tehran, Iran. It is the oldest church in Tehran.

Location

It is located in Armenians Alley , Molavi Avenue (), south of Tehran Grand Bazaar, close to now destroyed southern gate of Tehran.

History

Armenians migrated from New Julfa to Tehran during the reign of Karim Khan Zand, mainly to involve in his construction plans to make Tehran his capital. These Armenians built Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew Church in 1768. It was consecrated by Grigor Ter-Hovhannesian in September 1788.

The church building occupies an area of about 220 mÃÂ², with a small courtyard in combination with a courtyard and rooms totally in an area of 350 mÃÂ², imitating small churches of New Julfa. In late 18th and early 19th century, the church was the first and only cemetery of Christians in Tehran.

In 1970, original frescoes were discovered underneath the plaster on the interior walls.

Notable burials

Charles Scott (1805Ã¢ÂÂ1841) Ã¢ÂÂ son of Sir Walter Scott
Prince Alexander of Georgia (1770Ã¢ÂÂ1844) Ã¢ÂÂ Georgian royal prince
William Glen (1778Ã¢ÂÂ1849) Ã¢ÂÂ British Christian preacher
Captain Zatti (d.1849) Ã¢ÂÂ Austrian teacher at Dar ol-Fonun
Henry Lindsay Bethune (1787Ã¢ÂÂ1851) Ã¢ÂÂ Scottish military officer
David Mghrdichian Davidians () (1788Ã¢ÂÂ1852) Ã¢ÂÂ doctor
Charles Wright Parker Alison (1810Ã¢ÂÂ1872) Ã¢ÂÂ British envoy

The church contains also a memorial stone for the killed Russian ambassador Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (+ 1829) whose body was kept here until the transfer to his final grave in Tbilisi.

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