Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God

Russian Orthodox church in Armenia

40°13′27″N 44°32′43″E / 40.2241°N 44.5454°E / 40.2241; 44.5454ArchitectureArchitect(s)Fyodor VerzhbitskyStyleRussianGroundbreaking1913Completed1916SpecificationsDome(s)2Materialsstone

The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God of Kanaker (Armenian: Քանաքեռի Սուրբ Տիրամոր Ռուս Ուղղափառ Եկեղեցի (Kanakeri Surb Tiramor Rus Ughghap'ar Yekeghets'i), Russian: Храм Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы в Канакер), is an active Russian Orthodox church in the old area of Kanaker, Yerevan, Armenia.

History

The church was built in the village of Kanaker-since absorbed by Yerevan-7 kilometres north of the capital's old centre in 1912. Being part of the Yerevan Governorate of the Russian Empire, the church was built to serve the 2nd Caucasian division of the Russian troops deployed near Yerevan, which consisted mainly of Cossacks from Kuban and Poltava. It was designed by the Russian architect Fyodor Verzhbitsky after the fashion typical to military churches. Upon its inauguration, the church was named after Saint Alexander Nevsky.

During the Soviet period, the church was closed and turned into a warehouse, and was reopened with the independence of Armenia in 1991. It was entirely renovated in 2000. The centennial of the church's consecration was commemorated in October 2012, with representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church present.^[1]