Gyumri, Armenia

Gyumri-Alexandrapol has been famous not only for its craftsmen, men of arts and cultural values but also for its churches.I saw a town amateur of churchDwellers about twenty thousand not so much, They have no bread for feeding their kidsBut they built seven temples, eyed the wits.In his famous song "Eyed the Wits" bard Jivani characterized the love of the Gyumri people towards churches. People called Gyumri "The Town of Seven Churches". In fact, seven churches were built in Gyumri, among them four Armenian Apostolic churches, a Russian, a Greek and Catholic churches. The Catholic church was built in 1852.

The construction works were led by clergyman Alexander Araratyan, whose gravestone is situated in the churchyard. All the ecclesiastical expenditure was covered by the catholic families living in the neighborhood.The only Greek church (founded in 1850), called "Uroms" church, was built by means of the Bayandur villagers, the priest of which was Ter-Kostandin.