Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Cathedral

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Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Cathedral
Surp Tadevos-Barduğimeos Erməni Kilsəsi
Սուրբ Թադևոս-Բարդուղիմեոս Մայր Տաճար
Церковь Святого Фаддея и Варфоломея
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Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Armenian Cathedral in Baku
Basic information
Location Baku, Azerbaijan
Affiliation Armenian Apostolic Church
Status destroyed in 1937
Architectural description
Architect(s) Hovhannes Kajaznuni
Architectural type Cruciform style Armenian church
Architectural style Armenian
Completed 1910, consecrated in 1911
Specifications

Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Cathedral (Azerbaijani: Surp Tadevos-Barduğimeos Erməni Kilsəsi, Armenian: Սուրբ Թադևոս-Բարդուղիմեոս Մայր Տաճար, Russian: Церковь Святого Фаддея и Варфоломея), also known as the Budagovski Cathedral was an Armenian Apostolic church in Baku, Azerbaijan, built in 1910 and consecrated in 1911. It was located on the Bondarnaya-Dmitrova street (nowadays known as Shamsi Badalbeyli street).

Construction began on 2 August 1907 and completed in 1910. The architect of the church was Hovhannes Kajaznuni.[1]

As part of the policy of destruction of religious buildings of the USSR government, the Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Cathedral of Baku was demolished in 1930, to be replaced with the building of Baku Academy of Music.

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