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Church of the Holy Cross, Aleppo

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The consecration of the church took place on 24 April 1993, on the 78 anniversary of the
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was temporarily moved to the Holy Cross Church, as the original seat of the diocese the
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This article about a church building or other Christian place of worship in Syria is a
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As of April 2010, Father Nerses Zabbarian is the parish priest of Holy Cross church.
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was frequently being shelled by the Islamist rebels.
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Affiliation
Armenian Catholic Church
Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo
Aleppo
Year consecrated
Aleppo
Syria
Church of the Holy Cross, Aleppo is located in Aleppo
Geographic coordinates
36°12′45″N 37°09′19″E / 36.2124°N 37.1553°E / 36.2124; 37.1553
Architect(s)
Armenian
Style
Dome
Armenian
Arabic
Aleppo
Syria
Armenian genocide
Syrian Civil War
Battle of Aleppo in 2012
Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo
Day view of the church
Night view of the church
Interior view of the church
Armenians in Syria
Armenian Catholic Church
"Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Aleppo"
the original

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