Gethsemane Chapel

Gethsemane Chapel Գեթսեմանի Մատուռ
Gethsemane Chapel in 1901
Location within Armenia
Religion
Affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
Status	Destroyed in the 1920s
Location
Location	Yerevan Opera Theater place, Kentron District Yerevan, Armenia
Interactive map of Gethsemane Chapel Գեթսեմանի Մատուռ
Coordinates	40.185833°N 44.515100°E / 40.185833; 44.515100
Architecture
Type	single-nave basilica with no dome
Style	Armenian
Completed	1690s

Gethsemane Chapel (Armenian: Գեթսեմանի մատուռ, romanized: Get’semani matur’) was a small Armenian Apostolic church in the historical Shahar district of Yerevan, Armenia, that was destroyed during the 1920s to make way for the construction of the Yerevan Opera Theater on what is known today as Tumanyan street.

The Gethsemane Chapel was built by the end of the 17th century, replacing a 13th-century domed basilica ruined during the 1679 earthquake. However, the chapel of Gethsemane had a shape of single-nave basilica with no dome. It was surrounded by the old Yerevan cemetery.

It was entirely renovated in 1901 through the donation of the wealthy Yerevanian Melik-Aghamalyan family. The chapel was eventually destroyed during the 1920s.

See also

• Saint Paul and Peter Church, Yerevan
• Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church, Yerevan
• History of Yerevan