Saint Shoghakat Church is located at the Armenian cemetery of Tabriz, which is surrounded by Charm Street, Mashruteh-Boulevard and Bolvar-e-Mollasadra, at Charm Street opposite to the Faculty of Architecture of Tabriz Islamic Arts University, the former Khosravi Leather Factory, not far from the southern end of South Shariati (South Shahnaz).

In old times, the Armenian Christians of Tabriz used to bury their deceased at the cemetery near Mariam-Nanna Church in Maralan.

[1] The name of the church refers to a ray of light (Շողակաթ) that came down from heaven upon 38 Armenian nuns martyred by the pagan Armenian King Trdat around AD 301 at the site of the famous original Shoghakat Church of Etchmiadzin in Armenia built in the 6th century.

Seeing Heaven's Light, Trdat converted to Christendom, and Armenia became the first Christian country.

The exterior stone facades of the church are framed with semicircular and oval arches on north, south and west side.