Photo: temples and places of worship, cathedrals and churches, other places, Surb Khach Church, Rostov on Don

Photo: temples and places of worship, cathedrals and churches, other places, Surb Khach Church, Rostov on Don

Photo: temples and places of worship, cathedrals and churches, other places, Surb Khach Church, Rostov on Don

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Surb Khach Church as a Memory of Crimean Armenians

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Surb Khach Church in Rostov-on-Don recalls the Surb Khach Monastery in the Crimea: Armenian immigrants from the peninsula named it just in memory of the Crimean shrine. The temple was laid in 1783. It is worth a look if only because it is the oldest surviving building in the city area. The church in the classical style has become the core of the Surb Khach Monastery, built by Armenians who had come to the Don from Crimea.

The church was built upon the project of Ivan Starov, the creator of the Tauride Palace (Tavrichesky Dvorets) and the Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg. Khachkars - stone steles with the carved crosses of the XV-XVIII centuries, brought from Crimea’s Armenian churches, have become the main ornaments of the church. In 1862 the monastery and the church of Surb Khach were rebuilt. In 1920, the monastery ceased to exist, but worship services in the Surb-Khach Church continued for another 11 years! Later, a granary was arranged inside it. The temple became dilapidated by the sixties of the XX century. By that time, all the buildings of the monastery were dismantled. Surb Khach would suffer the same fate, if not for the painter Martiros Saryan who pleaded for the church and assisted in its restoration. Today, the church houses a Museum of Russian-Armenian Friendship, as well as holds divine services. Near the church there is a spring with a bath.

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ul Bagramyana d 1
344113, RostovnaDonu

GPS coordinates

47.29054, 39.722016

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+7 863 2763322

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Mon-Sun 09:00-19:00

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