Saint Stepanos Church stands exquisite in Isfahan

The St. Stephanos church is the largest Armenian monastery remained from the past in the Iranian province of Isfahan.

It is among a handful of magnificent churches that still stands in a glorious manner keeping the magnificent history of Armenia in Iran's cultural capital.

The church is said to be made during the Safavid era when Shah Abbas I transported a colony of Armenian from the town of Julfa in Iran’s northern border to the suburb of Isfahan on the Southern bank of the Zayandeh Rud river. They gradually took up residence in Isfahan and settled into their new home.

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