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Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral

Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church, commonly referred to as the Armenian Church of Baku (, Bak’vi haykakan yekeghetsi; ), is a former Armenian Apostolic church near Fountains Square in central Baku, Azerbaijan. Completed in 1869, it was one of the two Armenian churches in Baku to survive the Soviet anti-religious campaign and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the 1990 pogrom and exodus of Baku Armenians when it was looted. It is now the only standing Armenian monument in Baku. Read more on Wikipedia

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