Kültür Merkezi Dönüşüm Projesi Bağlamında Surp Vortvots Vorodman Kilisesi

Surp Vortvots Vorodman Church in the Context of 2010 Project of Conversion into Cultural Center

Sultan Mehmed II founded the first Istanbul Armenian Patriarchate in1461. The first headquarters of Patriarchate which located in Samatya,moved to its present location in Kumkapı in 1641. The Cathedral of PatriarchateSurp Asdvadzadzin Church was rebuilt as a complex by KirkorAmira Balyan and Hacı Devlet Garabetyan in 1828. Vortvots Vorodman,the church on the southernmost end of the complex is restorated by Istanbul2010 European Capital of Culture Committee and Armenian communityand is named as Vortvots Vorodman Church-Mesrop MutafyanCultural Centre.