- Idilesi: 60 Hill St, Singapore 179366
- Ifowuni: +65 6334 0141
- Iwebhusayithi: www.armeniansinasia.org
- Ukuvula: 1835
- Umakhi: uGeorge Dramgul Coleman
Le ndawo ibonakalisiwe ithathwa njengeparele kwisiko lama-Orthodox, kuba yindempile endala yamaKristu eSingapore. Ukuhamba ngezitrato zesi sixeko esinqabileyo, ukuba singaboni icawa yaseSt. Gregory i-Illuminator, ehlala kwindawo ekhuselekileyo, akunakwenzeka: i-snow-white, kunye neentsika phambi komnyango ongundoqo kunye nomoya ophantsi kwinqaba. Ukongezelela kwendawo yokwakha engalindelekanga kunye nexabiso lembali, kukho amangcwaba enkonzweni yetempileni apho enye yemangcwaba yokukhunjulwa yowesifazane owakhupha intyatyambo yesizwe yaseSingapore.
Inxalenye ethile yembali
Icawa yaseSt. Gregory i-Illuminator yindawo yoluntu lwaseArmenia, ekusukeni ekupheleni kweXVIII inkulungwane yaqalisa ukuhlala eSingapore. Ngo-1833, kwagqitywa isigqibo sokwakha icawa, kodwa kwakukho ukunqongophala kwemali kwesi sizathu esihle. Ummandla waseArmenia waseIndiya kunye nabanye abantu abazimeleyo baseChina naseYurophu banceda. Kwaye ngowe-1835 ibandla lwakhiwa, nangona ngelo xesha lalihluke kakhulu kulolo likhoyo ngoku.
Umqambi owaziwayo uGeorge Coleman wagqiba kwelo xesha ukwakha itempile kwindlela yaseBrithani yekoloniyali, kodwa sele isele kwiminyaka elishumi kufuneka kulungiswe, kuba. ezinye iinkalo zesakhiwo azizange zithembeke ngokupheleleyo. Kwagqitywa isigqibo sokuphelisa i-dome ejikelezileyo kunye nenqaba enkulu yentsimbi, kwaye endaweni yoko wabeka inqaba ye-quadrangular ne-spire. Ukongeza, icawa laseArmenia yaseSingapore ngowe-1950 yatshintsha umbala wayo, yaba mhlophe esikhundleni sembala eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kwaye ngowe-1990 kwakhiwe ngokutsha.
Kwimangcwaba encinane ecaleni kwetempile, unokubona ilitye lehlabathi elidumileyo elibizwa ngokuba yi-Ashken Hovakimyan (igama elibi lika-Agnes Hoakim). Ekupheleni kwekhulu le-XIX, wakhupha iintlobo ze-orchids "uVanda Miss Joaquim", owawunqoba iintliziyo zabantu abaninzi ngobunandi bawo obungavamile. Ukongezelela, ngenxa yento yokuba intyatyambo inamandla kakhulu kwaye iqhoqhoqho ngonyaka, uye waba ngumqondiso wesizwe waseSingapore.
Icawa namhlanje
Icawa yaseSt. Gregory i-Illuminator ngoku isikhumbuzo senkcubeko yesizwe kwaye ikhuselwe nguRhulumente. Ukumtyelela, iindawo zonqulo ziza kutyelela nje inkonzo, kodwa kwakhona, ngenxa yemiboniso kunye neekonsathi, qhelana neenkcubeko zaseArmenia. Itempile ifumaneka: eSingapore, Hill Street, 60 kwaye ivulekile imihla ngemihla ukususela kwi-9 ukuya kwi-18 iiyure.
Ekufuphi kukho isitulo sothutho sabantu kunye negama elifanayo "Icawa yaseArmenian", enokufikelela kuwo wonke umzi ngebhasi 2, 12, 32, 33, 51, 51, 61, 63, 80, 197. Iibhloko ezimbalwa ukusuka Itempile yenye yeemyuziyam ezithandwa kakhulu eSingapore - iMyuziyam kaZwelonke , eyona nto inomdla kakhulu ukutyelela.
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