Church of Christ the All-Savior, Armenian Apostolic church building in Kirov, Russia.
The Church of Christ the All-Savior stands at Moskovskaya Street 120 in Kirov, a building of the Armenian Apostolic Church raised between 1995 and 2003 with funds from the Armenian community of Kirov Oblast and donors. It belongs to the Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and serves the spiritual life of the city's Armenian believers.
Construction of the church ran from 1995 to 2003, financed by the Armenian community of Kirov Oblast and by donors. In 1996, a year after the foundation, abbot Khosrov Stepanyan served a festive liturgy there that drew several hundred people. The church was consecrated on 13 July 2003.
The parish belongs to the Armenian Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan, seated at Holy Etchmiadzin, and coordinates the spiritual life of Armenians living in Kirov. A Sunday school attached to the church takes in Armenian children every week. The building was paid for by the Armenian community of Kirov Oblast and by donors.
The church stands at Moskovskaya Ulitsa 120 in Kirov, under the Armenian Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan. A Sunday school meets there every week for Armenian children, so weekday visits are quieter than Sunday mornings. The 1996 festive service drew several hundred people, a sign that major feasts fill the building.
The church belongs to the Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, which coordinates the spiritual life of Apostolic Armenians in Kirov. Its construction was financed by the Armenian community of Kirov Oblast and by donors, and a festive service led by prior Khosrov Stepanyan drew several hundred people in 1996, a year after the foundation was laid.
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