St. Nicholas Cathedral, Tehran

Свято-Николаевский собор в Тегеране

IranТегеран1944–1945Public buildings

The plot on the northern outskirts of Tehran was bought by the parish organising commission on 6 February 1941 for 210,000 rials; funds for construction were raised by the Russian residents of the city. The cathedral, designed by architect Nikolai Markov, was founded on 21 August 1944 and consecrated on 9 April 1945; it houses the iconostasis of the former St. Alexander Nevsky embassy church. A two-storey parish house was built at the same time. The parish originally belonged to the Russian Church Abroad and since the mid-1990s to the Moscow Patriarchate.

Участок на северной окраине Тегерана приобретён приходской организационной комиссией 6 февраля 1941 года за 210 тысяч риалов; средства на постройку собирали русские жители города. Собор по проекту архитектора Н. Л. Маркова заложен 21 августа 1944 года и освящён 9 апреля 1945 года; в нём установлен иконостас прежней Александро-Невской посольской церкви. Одновременно построен двухэтажный церковный дом. Первоначально приход относился к Русской зарубежной церкви, с середины 1990-х годов — к Московскому патриархату.

Property abroad

EraChurch

FunctionChurch

Present ownerParish of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)

Acquisitionpurchased, 1941

StatusIn use

As of2024-02

The cathedral is active: according to a report of 26 February 2024 a thanksgiving service was held there, led by the rector, Archimandrite Alexander (Zarkeshev).