Country United States Website www.acoos.org | Denomination Armenian Apostolic Phone +1 508-756-2931 | |
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Location Worcester, Massachusetts Dedicated January 18, 1891 (1891-01-18) Address 87 Salisbury St, Worcester, MA 01609, USA Similar Church of the Holy Archange, St Saviour's Church, Saint John the Baptist Church - A, Saint Anna Church - Yerevan, Holy Trinity Church - Yerevan Profiles | ||
Church of Our Savior (Armenian: Ուսթըրի Սուրբ Փրկիչ եկեղեցի) is an Armenian Apostolic church in Worcester, Massachusetts, known for being the first Armenian church in the Western hemisphere.
The church was built in 1891. Armenians from the throughout the Northeastern United States contributed with money to erect the first Armenian church in the area and in the country. The original church building was demolished and rebuilt in its current form later In 1952.
The Armenian diocese of America was established in 1898. The first Armenian Evangelical Church was also built in Worcester in 1901.
The 2002 book Memory fragments from the Armenian genocide claimed that "the construction of the small church gave the Armenians of Worcester a measure of respect from the larger community not previously given. One man recalled that his father was no longer beaten at the wire mill after the church was built."