Sourp Kevork Church, Limassol
Sourp Kevork (Armenian: Սուրբ Գէորգ; Saint George) is the Armenian Apostolic church in Limassol, Cyprus.
The church is located near the town centre of Limassol and was built in 1939 on land purchased and donated by Mrs Satenig Soultanian, in memory of her father, Hampartsoum Kevorkian. The first official sermon took place in 1940 and the consecration took place in 1948 by Archbishop Ghevont Chebeyian.
Its bell was electrified in 1989. According to an inscription in the church, it was renovated in 2007 and again in 2015. It is located on the same grounds as the Limassol Nareg school. The school was re-built in 2006–2007. Sermons are held there every other Sunday. In front of the church is a brown tuff stone khachkar, donated in 2008 by the Arakelyan family,.[1][2]
The current pastor of the Sourp Kevork church is der Mashdots Ashkarian.
References
- ^ Hadjilyra, Alexander-Michael (May 2009). "Book The Armenians of Cyprus" (PDF). Kalaydjian Foundation. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
- ^ Hadjilyra, Alexander-Michael (May 2009). "Booklet on the Armenians of Cyprus". Kalaydjian Foundation. Retrieved 16 May 2010.