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religious ceremonies which was large in size. Since there was no land in the area to build a church, so the school hall was modified into a church. With the help of the
Armenian Prelacy of Tehran and certain circumstances that was caused after Iranian revolution, the church was finally established and then anointed on 13 June 1986.
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At beginning when the community was strong in number and there was no church in this area, so therefore they felt to have a church in their locality which was a need for survival of the community in this area. There was a school named “Sahakian” in
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army in defense of his faith and people. St. Vartan fought with handful number of small army against
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St. Vardanants Church is located at Dah Metri
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The church building has an area of 250 square meters on a plot of land with an area of 400 square meters. It is 39.70 meters long and 10.10 meters wide.
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dignity. St. Vartan is one of important saints in
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located in a place where today is the "Shahaziz" Sports and
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who was the prelate of
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during each of his three visits to Iran in 1996, 2005 and 2008.
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