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To: Khashayar

What is this beautiful church? Is it in Iran? I thought the Ayatollahs had cleansed Iran of Christianity. I hope these pictures prove that I'm wrong. These are beautiful!


39 posted on 12/24/2005 8:19:45 AM PST by pgkdan
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To: pgkdan
What is this beautiful church? Is it in Iran? I thought the Ayatollahs had cleansed Iran of Christianity. I hope these pictures prove that I'm wrong. These are beautiful!

There are more. Go to this page (Art & Culture of Iran), and click on "Iranian Historical Churches" (right-hand column). Tell me you do not find them beautiful.

46 posted on 12/24/2005 9:01:58 AM PST by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || Libs: Celebrate MY diversity, eh! || Iran Azadi 2006)
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To: pgkdan

I believe it's Serkis Church in Tehran. It was finished in 1970, during the time of the Shah.

Here are more historic churches in Iran.........

http://www.iranchamber.com/monuments/historical_churches_iran.php

And a directory of other churches in Tehran...........

http://www.farsinet.com/icc/iran.html


50 posted on 12/24/2005 9:44:26 AM PST by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: pgkdan

And yes, there are synagogues too.


51 posted on 12/24/2005 9:47:42 AM PST by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: pgkdan

This church is in downtown Tehran!


69 posted on 12/24/2005 5:09:12 PM PST by Khashayar (No Banana Allowed!)
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To: pgkdan; Arjun
I thought the Ayatollahs had cleansed Iran of Christianity.

Actually they didn't do that. They were anti-American and Westernisation but they didn't attack the ethnic Christians in the same way that Pakistani Christians are attacked -- on a daily basis.
91 posted on 12/25/2005 7:46:29 PM PST by Cronos (Never forget 9/11. Restore Hagia Sophia!)
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