Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Cathedral

Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Cathedral (Armenian: Սուրբ Թադևոս-Բարդուղիմեոս Մայր Տաճար, Russian: Церковь Святого Фаддея и Варфоломея, Azerbaijani: Surp Tadevos-Barduğimeos Erməni Kilsəsi), also known as the Budagovski Cathedral was an Armenian Apostolic church in Baku, Azerbaijan, built in 1910 and consecrated in 1911. It was located on the Bondarnaya-Dmitrova street (now known as Shamsi Badalbeyli street).

Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Cathedral
Surp Tadevos-Barduğimeos Erməni Kilsəsi
Սուրբ Թադևոս-Բարդուղիմեոս Մայր Տաճար
Церковь Святого Фаддея и Варфоломея
Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Armenian Cathedral in Baku
Religion
AffiliationArmenian Apostolic Church
Statusdestroyed in 1937
Location
LocationBaku, Russian Empire
Architecture
Architect(s)Hovhannes Kajaznuni
TypeCruciform style Armenian church
StyleArmenian
Completed1910, consecrated 1911

Construction began on 2 August 1907 and was completed in 1910. The architect of the church was Hovhannes Kajaznuni.[1]

As part of the policy of destruction of religious buildings of the USSR government, the Cathedral was demolished in 1930, to be replaced with the building of the Baku Academy of Music.

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