Earliest Ottoman documents mentioning the church and an existence of an Armenian community here were from the 13th century.

Since no known data has been found on when the exact construction began, it is likely that it continued as a new building, since it was said to be consecrated in the 18th century.

A fire happened on 13 June 1946, which burnt all church furniture inside.

[4][5] It is named after Arto Bozdigian – a promoter and initiator of the restoration of the Armenian Church in Pazardzhik.

[5] The official opening was attended by the Vicar of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church of Bulgaria Isaac Poghosyan, the spiritual pastor of the community in Pazardzhik Protopresbyter Kevork Khachiaryan, the chairman of the church board Nerses Shirinyan, Nishan Bozdigyan, many representatives of the community, journalists.