Cathedral of Arapgir

Church of the Holy Mother of God Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի
Church of the Holy Mother of God
Religion
Affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	destroyed in 1957
Location
Location	Bağci district, Arapgir, Malatya Province, Turkey
Architecture
Style	Armenian
Completed	1249

Church of the Holy Mother of God (Template:Lang-hy, Surp Asdvadzadzin, Template:Lang-tr) was an 13th century Armenian Apostolic church in Arapgir, Turkey (Western Armenia). The cathedral was the biggest of 7 Armenian churches in Arapgir. And probably was one of the biggest churches in Western Armenia. It was able to house 3,000 people. It was attacked and looted and burnt in 1915. After the war the church was repaired and was used as a school. But in 1950s the City of Arapgir decided to demolish the church. In September 18, 1957 the church was blown up with dynamite. And later, the land where the church was standing, was sold to a peasant named Hüseyin for 28,000 lira. Today, in place of the church are ruins.

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• The ruins of the church.
  The ruins of the church.

See also

• Arapgir
• Western Armenia