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oldest
Christian church in Calcutta. There are two chapels. St. Mary's Chapel is situated in the Tangra area of east Calcutta. The chapel of rest of St. Gregory, also known to the local Armenians as the 'small church', is situated in the Park Circus area of Calcutta. The Armenian Churches of Calcutta are managed under High Court orders in suit no 413 of 1888 – John Gregory Apcar and others versus Thomas Malcolm and Sir Gregory Charles Paul, the Advocate General of Bengal. The Church of St. John at Chinsurah is also managed under the same order of the High Court of Calcutta in Suit no 413 of 1888. All the properties. movable and immovable, of the Armenian trusts for Calcutta Armenians are owned and managed by the government through the Official Trustee.
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Church. It is possibly the oldest church in the
Kolkata area. It was rebuilt in 1724 by Agha Jakob Nazar after a fire destroyed the previous Armenian church that had been built on the land in 1688. The first Armenians who settled in India, who were renowned merchants and traders and they built strong community structures including alms houses, chapels and schools to benefit the local Armenians. The early traders signed agreements with the British East India Company codifying their cultural, religious and trading rights. The entire Calcutta Armenian Community, barring a few, were all descendants of the Armenians of
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339:. Arakiel also built a monastery for priests and erected a high wall around the cemetery. In addition, he donated a clock to be fitted in the church structure. In 1790, Catchick Arakiel attached a room to the clergy and set the clock on the belfry. The expensively decorated interiors, including a combination of black and white marble, were placed with the support of wealthy Armenians, such as Sir Catchick Paul Chater. The outer buildings were all built at the expense of wealthy Calcutta Armenians such as
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now in Iran. Very few had connections with
Armenia or the Etchmiadzin Apostolic Church. Religious opinions and interventions were sought from the Church authorities of Julfa and very little or no contact was made with Etchmiadzin. The Church at no 2, Armenian St, Calcutta 700001 is known to be the
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area. In the years 1995 to 1997 the
Calcutta Armenians applied to the Calcutta High Court to become independent of the Apostolic Church of Etchmiadzin and the High Court by order of Justice S. K. Hazari ordered that the Church and Armenian community would be independent of the Armenian Apostolic
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In 1708, which is officially considered the founding date of the church (although 1705 and 1707 have also been given as dates by sources), the East India
Company built a small wooden church on what is now the site of the southeast wing of the Church of Holy Nazareth. In 2008, it celebrated its
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tercentenary. Later, an
Armenian named Aga Nazar (Jakob Nazar) raised money and built the church in 1724. The present church building was built in 1764 by Aga Mamed Hazar Maliyar on land donated by an Armenian named Kenanentekh Phanoosh, and was designed by Kavond (or Hevond) from
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The main Church at no. 2, Armenian St. has been used for a few services for worshippers of other
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in areas that were inhabited by at least 40 Armenians, with the provision of 50 pounds as a salary for the priests in those churches.
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signed a contract with the Armenians residing in India. The contract was signed by Sir
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after the original wooden structure perished in a fire in 1707.
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The Holy Nazareth Church is located in the northwest corner of
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Saint Joseph of Arimathea at the Holy Saviour Monastery
586:"Братская Помощь Пострадавшимъ въ Турции Армянамъ"
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501:from the original on 29 October 2020
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520:Chaudhury, Sushil (July 2002).
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37:Holy Nazareth Church, Kolkata
24:Holy Nazareth Armenian Church
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471:"Armenian Churches of India"
226:. It is affiliated with the
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2817:(Saint Sahak and Mesrop of
2793:(Saint John the Baptist of
2400:(Saint Gregory of Narek of
491:"Kolkata's Armenian Legacy"
385:Old Mission Church, Kolkata
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214:Apostolic church at
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2001:St. Sarkis, Isfahan
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562:. 15 August 2008.
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564:Archived
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