Saint Stepanos Armenian Monastery, Iran

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Saint Stepanos Armenian Monastery, Iran

1st century

Saint Bartholomew the Apostle first founded a church at the site around AD 62, under the reign of Iran’s Parthian Arsacid (Ashkanian) dynasty.

As one of the oldest Christian churches on earth it is now registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran, in the north-west of the country, consists of three monastic ensembles of the Armenian Christian faith: St Thaddeus and St Stepanos and the Chapel of Dzordzor. These edifices – the oldest of which, St Thaddeus, dates back to the 7th century – are examples of outstanding universal value of the Armenian architectural and decorative traditions.

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