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Saint John the Baptist Church, Abovyan

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The construction was launched in August 2006 and funded by the Armenian businessman
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Cathedral of St Elias and St Gregory the Illuminator
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Newly-built Saint John church of Abovyan consecrated
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40°16′33″N 44°37′53″E / 40.27583°N 44.63139°E / 40.27583; 44.63139

Affiliation
Diocese of Kotayk
Armenian Apostolic Church
Ecclesiastical or organizational status
Year consecrated
Abovyan
Armenia
Kotayk
Armenia
Architect(s)
Artak Ghulyan
Style
Armenian
Dome
Armenian
Armenian Apostolic
Abovyan
Kotayk Province
Armenia
Gagik Tsarukyan
Karekin II
Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan
Belarus
Alexander Lukashenko
Robert Kocharyan
Artak Ghulyan
General view

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