Chechi yeSt. Gregory the Illuminator


Ichi chiratidzo chinotorwa separera mumutambo weOrthodox, nokuti ndiyo yekare kare yechiKristu muSingapore. Kufamba mumigwagwa yeguta rino rakanaka, kwete kucherechedza kereke yaSt. Gregory the Illuminator, iyo inonyatsowanikwa iri pakati, haigoneki: chando-chena, ine misoro pamberi pekupinda kukuru uye pasi shoma pachivako. Pamusoro pekuvakwa kwayo kusingakanganwiki uye kukosha kwezvakaitika kare, kune nzvimbo yemakuva panzvimbo yetemberi apo imwe yematombo ekuyeuchidza ndeyomukadzi akabudisa ruzivo rweSingapore.

A bit of history

Chechi yeSt. Gregory the Illuminator ndeyevanhu veArmenia, iyo kubva pakupera kwezana remakore rechi1 XVIII yakatanga kugara muSingapore. Muna 1833, zvakasarudzwa kuvaka kereke, asi kwaiva nekudarika kwemari kwechikonzero ichi chakanaka. Guta reArmenian reIndia uye vamwe vanhu vari voga kubva kuChina neEurope vakavabatsira. Uye muna 1835 kereke yakavakwa, kunyange panguva iyoyo yaive yakasiyana zvakasiyana neyo yaive nayo iye zvino.

Muumbi wekugadzira George Coleman akasarudza nenguva iyoyo kuvaka temberi muBrithani yekolonial style, asi kare mumakore gumi zvakawanda zvaifanira kushandiswa, nokuti. zvimwe zvikamu zvegadziriro zvakanga zvisingatendwi zvakakwana. Yakagadziriswa kubvisa dome rakapoteredza rine bell guru shongwe, uye panzvimbo payo yakaisa shongwe ye quadrangular ine spire. Mukuwedzera, chechi yeArmenian muSingapore muna 1950 yakashandura ruvara rwayo, ikava chena panzvimbo yebhuruu, uye mumakore ekuma 1990 yakagadziridzwa zvakare.

Munzvimbo duku yemakuva yakatarisana netembere, unogona kuona guva rekuzivikanwa kwenyika yose Ashken Hovakimyan (pseudonym Agnes Hoakim). Pakupera kwezana remakore rechina, akabudisa maoriki akasiyana-siyana "Vanda Miss Joaquim", iyo yakakunda mwoyo yevanhu vazhinji nekunaka kwayo kunoshamisa. Mukuwedzera, nekuda kwekuti maruva anobudirira zvikuru uye anotumbuka gore rose, rava chiratidzo chemarudzi cheSingapore.

Chechi muzuva redu

Chechi yeSt. Gregory the Illuminator ikozvino yeruzivo rwetsika yemarudzi uye inodzivirirwa nehurumende. Mukumushanyira, vechechi vanogona kushanyira kwete chete basa, asi zvakare, nekuda kwekuwanzoitwa mawonerwo nemakorikari, zivai tsika yechiArmenian. Temberi iri pa: Singapore, Hill Street, 60 uye yakazaruka zuva rimwe nerimwe kubva pa9 kusvika ku18 maawa.

Pedyo neyo nzvimbo yekutakura vanhu ine zita rimwe chete rokuti "Armenian Church", iyo inogona kusvika kune imwe nzvimbo muguta racho nebhasi 2, 12, 32, 33, 51, 61, 63, 80, 197. Zvishoma zvishoma kubva Tembere ndeimwe yemasimamende anozivikanwa zvikuru muSingapore - National Museum , iyo inofadzawo kushanyira.