Year consecrated 2013 Completed 14 May 2013 Opened 14 May 2013 Groundbreaking 24 August 2006 | Ecclesiastical or organizational status active Height 50 m Number of domes 4 Architect Artak Ghulyan | |
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Location Abovyan,
Kotayk, Armenia Affiliation Diocese of Kotayk, Armenian Apostolic Church Architectural style Armenian church architecture Similar Church of the Holy Archange, St Saviour's Church, Holy Trinity Church - Aleppo, Lower Bethlehemi Church, Saint Anna Church - Yerevan | ||
Saint John the Baptist Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես Մկրտիչ Եկեղեցի, Surp Hovhannes Mkrtich) is a monumental Armenian Apostolic church in the town of Abovyan, Kotayk Province, Armenia. The construction was launched in August 2006 and funded by the Armenian businessman Gagik Tsarukyan. After 7 years, the church was consecrated in May 2013 by Catholicos Karekin II, with the presence of Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan, Belorussian president Alexander Lukashenko and former president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan.
The main architect of the church is Artak Ghulyan, and the constructional engineers are Hovhannes Meyroyan and Tigran Dadayan. The internal paintings are the works of Abraham Azaryan and Hayk Azaryan. However, the architectural team of the church grouped around 40 painters, sculptors and architects.