St. Sarkis church in Krasnoyarsk, Armenian Apostolic church in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
St. Sarkis is a small Armenian Apostolic church measuring 10 by 14 metres, placed on a raised basement so that its total height reaches 28 metres among Krasnoyarsk's high-rises. The basement holds a 50-seat assembly hall, a library and classrooms for Armenian language study, each with its own entrance.
Construction began in 1998 after Archbishop Tiran consecrated the foundation; in 2001 Bishop Ezras Nersisyan consecrated the cross on the unfinished building. Catholicos Garegin II consecrated the church on 15 May 2003. It was funded by donations from Armenians of Krasnoyarsk Krai and patron Sarkis Muradyan, and until 2008 it was the first Armenian church east of the Urals.
The church is named after Saint Sarkis, a fourth-century Armenian saint, and was consecrated on 15 May 2003 by Catholicos Garegin II, who released white doves and planted a spruce in the garden. An Armenian Sunday school operates here, and in August–September 2016 parts of the documentary film The Armenian Question were shot on site.
The church is small, just 10 by 14 metres, and sits on a raised basement so its total height reaches 28 metres. The basement holds a 50-seat assembly hall, a library and Armenian-language classrooms, each with its own separate entrance for free access. Armenian events and a Sunday school are held here regularly.
The church measures only 10 by 14 metres, so it was placed on a raised basement to keep it from being lost among the high-rise blocks; with this base the building reaches 28 metres. The basement holds a 50-seat assembly hall, a library and classrooms for Armenian language lessons, each with its own entrance.
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