Emmanuel Church, Aleppo

Emmanuel Church
Emmanuel Church in 1950
Religion
Affiliation	Armenian Evangelical Church
Year consecrated	1923
Location
Location	Aleppo, Syria
Interactive map of Emmanuel Church
Coordinates	36°12′28.5″N37°09′2″E / 36.207917°N 37.15056°E / 36.207917; 37.15056
Architecture
Type	Church

Armenian Evangelical Emmanuel Church is an Armenian Evangelical Church in Aleppo, Syria. The church was established in 1852. However, the current building of the church was erected in 1923 and presently serves as the seat of the Armenian Evangelical congregation in Syria, which is a member of the Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East.

Emmanuel Church was damaged after being shelled by rebels on 17 January 2016. ^[1]

Pastors

• Adoor Agha Niziblian (1852-1855)
• Rev. Nazar Makanian (1855-1865)
• Rev. Sarkis Sarkissian (1865-1890)*
• Rev. Garabed Markarian (1865-1890)*
• Mr. Kevork Kazanjian (1865-1890)*
• Mr. Garabed Adanalian (1865-1890)*
• Mr. Krikor Tchoukourian (1865-1890)*
• Mr. Karekin Kouyoumjian (1865-1890)*
• Rev. Manouk Missirian (1891-1903)
• Rev. Stepan Tovmassian (1904-1913)
• Rev. Hovhaness Eskijian (1913-1916)
• Visiting pastors and preachers (1917-1923)
• Rev. Garabed Haroutounian (1922-1931)
• Rev. Sisag Manoukian (1931-1932)
• Rev. Siragan Agbabian (1932-1952)
• Rev. Soghomon Nuyujukian (1950-1959)
• Rev. Hovhannes Karjian (1960-1979; asst. 1956-1958)
• Rev. Soghomon Kilaghbian (1980-1995)
• Visiting pastors and preachers (1995-1997)
• Rev. Serop Megerditchian (1997-2015)
• Mr. Samuel Tashjian (2016–2019)

(*years unknown)

References

1. Children dead and Armenian Evangelical Church in Aleppo damaged in rocket attacks and bombings in Syria

External links

• AEEC official site Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine