The christian Iranians have held Christmas celebrations at the Saint Gregor the llluminator on the Christmas eve.
The church is an Armenian Apostolic house of God in Tehran, Iran. It is the second oldest church in the capital city after the church of Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew.
In 1795, the Saint Gregor Losavritch was established by two of the Armenians, Hovsepain and Stepanian, who were relocated from Tbilisi and Artsakh to western parts of Tehran, during the reign of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar.
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