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Armenian Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

https://www.diocesearmenien.fr/eglise

http://echmiadzin.asj-oa.am/10433/1/127_1979(8-10)-8.pdf

http://echmiadzin.asj-oa.am/12104/1/7_1984(7-9)-3.pdf

http://echmiadzin.asj-oa.am/12126/1/179_1984(7-9)-10.pdf

Armenian Oil Tycoon Builds Church in France

Early in the 20th century, an Armenian newspaper in Constantinople rued that Armenians didn’t have a church in Paris. Hearing about the omission, Baku-based oil tycoon Alexander Mantashiants spent 1.54 million francs to build St. John the Baptist Cathedral (1904) at 15 Rue Jean-Goujon. Mantashiants joked that he chose Paris for the cathedral’s locale because it was the city where he had sinned the most. For building the cathedral, he received Order of the Legion of Honor.

https://agbu.org/news-item/connecting-points/

http://www.acam-france.org/contacts/contact_eglise.php?cle=162

https://www.la-croix.com/Culture/Musique/Armeniens-France-recueillent-Charles-Aznavour-2018-10-03-1200973420 Mardi 2 octobre au soir, cette émouvante image figurait, parmi quelques autres photos de Charles Aznavour, sous le porche richement sculpté de cette église arménienne du cœur de Paris. C’est là, non loin des Champs-Élysées, que se tenait à 20 heures un hommage religieux pour le chanteur décédé la veille à 94 ans.