Church of St. Gregory of Narek of Yerevan
There is no church in Yerevan dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary: the Armenian-Catholic community of the capital meets in the parish of San Gregorio de Narek, in the Arabkir district, next to the seminar of the Holy Archangels. It depends on the Armenian-Catholic Ordinary for Eastern Europe, whose Cathedral of the Holy Martyrs rises in Gyumri.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- The parish is named after St Gregory of Narek, a monk and Armenian poet of the 10th century, author of the Book of Latitudes, whom he himself called a "prayer encyclopedia for all nations."
- Pope Francis proclaimed St. Gregory of Narek a doctor of the universal Church on April 12, 2015, and in 2021 he recorded his memory in the General Roman Calendar every February 27: a saint venerated at the same time by Catholics and the Armenian Apostolic Church.
- The Cathedral of the Ordinariate, dedicated to the Holy Martyrs, was consecrated in Gyumri on 24 September 2015, within the framework of the centenary of the Armenian genocide, in memory of the victims canonized as martyrs that same year.
- The faithful who come to this church describe it as a remnant of peace; it regularly celebrates the liturgy and those who visit it point to it as the main Catholic temple opened in Yerevan.
Saint Gregory of Narek
In the capital of the first Christian nation of history, the Armenian-Catholics pray in the parish of St. Gregory of Narek, under the patronage of the great singer of divine mercy. His Book of Lamentations, woven of pleas from the bottom of the heart, continues to teach to pray to believers in the East and the West.
"The Lord of Narek, master of prayer, alcanzans of the Mother of God a heart that can beg from the deep.
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