• The Armenian community must have been quite prominent to have the church consecrated in 1863, when hardly any other brick buildings were around.
  • For Supreme Patriarch Karekin II’s visit, the Yangon Heritage Trust (YHT) unveiled a blue plaque at the entrance, noting the church’s historical significance.
  • Yangon's oldest church, built in 1862 and consecrated a year later, served Yangon's Armenian trading community, who have been in Myanmar since the 17th…
  • English: Interior view of the Armenian Apostolic Church of St. John the Baptist in Yangon, Myanmar.
  • Consecrated in 1863, St. John the Baptist Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church of Yangon is the...
  • 66 Bo Sung Kyaw Street (Merchant Road) Yangon, Yangon Region မြန်မာ.
    Bulunamadı: apostolic
  • ...John the Baptist: Important Armenian heritage in Yangon - See 82 traveler reviews, 142 candid photos, and great deals for Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar, at...
  • Saint John Baptist Church is very well known among those Armenians who were given the name “John” (Հովհաննէս).
    Bulunamadı: yangon
  • The Armenian Apostolic Church of St. John the Baptist still stands at No. 66, 40th Street (now Bo Aung Kyaw Street) in Yangon.
  • King Alaungpaya granted the land to the Armenian community in the 1750’s, after he established Rangoon as a favoured port to replace Syriam which was...