Holy Cross Church (Aleppo)
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Church of the Holy Cross (Armenian
Armenian language
The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora...

:Սուրբ Խաչ ; Sourp khach) is an Armenian Catholic Church in the Ouroubeh quarter (near Aziziyeh) of Aleppo
Aleppo
Aleppo is the largest city in Syria and the capital of Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Syrian governorate. With an official population of 2,301,570 , expanding to over 2.5 million in the metropolitan area, it is also one of the largest cities in the Levant...

, Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

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The consecration of the church took place on 24 April 1993. It is the work of the Aleppine-Armenian architect Sarkis Balmanougian.

As of April 2010, Father Nerses Zabbarian is the parish priest of Holy Cross church.
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