- Ikheli: 60 Hill St, Singapore 179366
- Ifoni: +65 6334 0141
- Iwebhusayithi: www.armeniansinasia.org
- Ukuvula: 1835
- Umakhi: uGeorge Dramgul Coleman
Lesi sigqabhezana sibhekwa njengeparele emasikweni ase-Orthodox, ngoba ithempeli elidala kunazo zonke lamaKristu eSingapore. Ukuhamba emgwaqweni walowo muzi omuhle, ungaboni isonto laseSt. Gregory i-Illuminator, elitholakala kahle phakathi nendawo, akunakwenzeka: iqhwa elimhlophe, elinamakholomu phambi komnyango omkhulu kanye nomoya ophansi embhoshongweni. Ngaphandle kokuklanywa kwayo okungenakulibaleka kanye nenani lomlando, kunamathuna endaweni yesethempelini lapho elinye lamatshe amathuna angomunye wesifazane owakhipha imbali kazwelonke yaseSingapore.
Umlando omncane
I-Church yaseSt. Gregory i-Illuminator ingeyomphakathi wase-Armenia, owawuqala ukuhlala eSingapore kusukela ekupheleni kwekhulu le-XVIII. Ngo-1833, kunqunywa ukwakha isonto, kodwa kwaba khona ukulahlekelwa kwemali ngenxa yalesi sizathu esihle. Umphakathi wase-Armenia waseNdiya kanye nabanye abantu abazimele baseChina naseYurophu babasiza. Futhi ngo-1835 isonto lakhiwa, nakuba ngaleso sikhathi lalihluke kakhulu kulokho elikhona manje.
Umklami odumile uGeorge Coleman wanquma ngaleso sikhathi ukwakha ithempeli ngesitayela saseBrithani, kodwa kakade sekuyiminyaka eyishumi okumele kulungiswe, ngoba. ezinye izakhi zesakhiwo azizange zithembeke ngokuphelele. Kwaqunyiwe ukuqeda i-dome eyindilinga enombhoshongo omkhulu, futhi kunalokho wabeka umbhoshongo we-quadrangular nge-spire. Ngaphezu kwalokho, isonto lase-Armenia eSingapore ngonyaka ka-1950 lashintsha umbala walo, laba mhlophe esikhundleni se-blue, futhi ngawo-1990 kwakhiwa kabusha.
Emathuneni amancane eduze kwethempeli, ungabona ilitshe lamatshe e-Ashken Hovakimyan eyaziwa emhlabeni wonke (inselele egameni elithi Agnes Hoakim). Ekupheleni kwekhulu le-XIX, wakhipha ama-orchid ahlukahlukene "uVanda Miss Joaquim", owawunqoba izinhliziyo zabantu abaningi ngobuhle bawo obungavamile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngenxa yokuthi imbali inamandla kakhulu futhi ikhula njalo ngonyaka, isibe uphawu lwesizwe saseSingapore.
ISonto osukwini lwethu
ISonto LaseSt. Gregory i-Illuminator manje liyisikhumbuzo samasiko esizwe futhi livikelwe nguhulumeni. Ukumvakashela, amalungu esonto angavakashela kuphela inkonzo, kodwa futhi, ngenxa yemiboniso nemakhonsathi ejwayele ukujwayela, bajwayele isiko lesi-Armenia. Ithempeli lise: Singapore, Hill Street, 60 futhi ivulekile nsuku zonke kusuka emahoreni angu-9 kuya kwangu-18.
Eduze kukhona isiteshi sezokuthutha esidlangalaleni esinegama elifanayo "iSonto Lase-Armenia", elingatholakala cishe noma yikuphi edolobheni ngamabhasi 2, 12, 32, 33, 51, 61, 63, 80, 197. Amabhuloki ambalwa ukusuka Ithempeli ingenye yamamyuziyamu athandwa kakhulu eSingapore - i- National Museum , okuthakazelisa kakhulu ukuvakashela.
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