St. Vartanants Church

St. Vardanants Church is located at Dah Metri Aramaneh Avenue (next to Khahe Nezam Ol Molk Street) in Heshmatiyeh, which is called by Armenians Sardarabad (named after the Battle of Sardarapat).

[1] In earlier time there was the Saint Gregory the Illuminator chapel located in a place where today is the "Shahaziz" Sports and Cultural Union.

With the help of the Armenian Prelacy of Tehran and certain circumstances that was caused after Iranian revolution, the church was finally established and then anointed on 13 June 1986.

Vardan Mamikonian fought the Battle of Avarayr against Sassanid army in defense of his faith and people.

After the Iranian Revolution much of Armenian population in Iran emigrated to western countries in general and the United States of America in particular.