Changes After Construction
In 1831, an application was submitted to Mahmud II for the construction of a new church.
It was damaged in the 1894 earthquake and was renewed.
During the years of the First World War, it was used for military purposes.
In 1927, it was rebuilt from the ground up and reopened by Mesrob I Naroyan.
It underwent repairs in 1987.
It was repaired in 2000 and reopened for worship by Aram Ateşyan.
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The church belongs to the Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey.
The building is an active church affiliated with the Armenian Apostolic tradition.
In the list of the Fatih District Governorate, it appears for Topkapı Neighborhood under the name “Surp Nigogoyas Armenian Church” with the date 1813.
The building is evaluated within the group of 19th-century Armenian churches.
