Ka Halepuleʻo St. Gregory the Illuminator


Ke kapaʻia nei kēia pae'āina he peleka i ka moʻomeheu Orthodox, no ka mea,ʻo ia ka luakini Karistiano kahiko loa ma Singapore. Ke hele nei i nā alanui o kēia kūlanakauhale nani,ʻaʻole eʻike i ka halepule o St. Gregory the Illuminator, kahiʻoi aku i ke kūpono ma waenakonu, hikiʻole ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe: he keʻokeʻoʻeleʻele, me nā pou ma ke alo o ka puka komo nui a me kahi liʻiliʻi ma luna o ka hale kiaʻi. Ma waho aʻe o kona hoʻolālā me ka waiwai o ka mōʻaukala e hoʻomanaʻoʻoleʻia, aia kahi hale kupapaʻu ma ka'āina o ka luakini kahi kahi o nā lua kupapaʻu no kahi wahine i lawe mai i ka pua pua o Singapore.

He wahi moʻolelo

ʻO ka Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator e pili ana i ka kaiaulu Armenia, ka mea i hoʻomaka ai e noho i Singapore ma hope o ka hopena o ke kenekulia XVIII. I ka makahiki 1833, ua hoʻoholoʻia e kūkulu i kahi halepule, akā naʻe, he pōʻinoʻole ka kālā no kēia kumu maikaʻi. Ua hele mai ka hui'Ameniana o India a me kekahi poʻe pilikino mai Kina a me'Europa e kōkua iā lākou. A i ka makahiki 1835 ua kūkuluʻia ka halepule,ʻoiai i kēlā manawa, heʻanoʻokoʻa loa ia i ka mea i loaʻa i kēia manawa.

Ua hoʻoholo ka mea kākau kaulanaʻo George Coleman i kēlā manawa e kūkulu i halepule i ka moku colonial Pelekania, akā i loko o nā makahiki heʻumi e pono ai e hoʻopauʻia, no ka mea. ʻo kekahi mauʻano o ka hale i hoʻoleiʻoleʻia. Ua hoʻoholoʻia e hoʻokahuli i ka'ōpuni puni me kahi hale kiaʻi bele nui, a ma kahi o ka hale e hoʻokomo i kahi hale kūʻokoʻa me kahi'āpana. Eia kekahi,ʻo ka hale Armenia ma Singapore i ka makahiki 1950 i hoʻololi i konaʻula, a lilo i keʻokeʻo ma mua aʻe o ka uliuli, ai ka makahiki 1990 i kūkulu houʻia.

I ka hale kupapaʻu liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka luakini, hiki iāʻoe keʻike i ka pōhaku kupapaʻu o ka honua kaulanaʻo Ashken Hovakimyan (pseudonym Agnes Hoakim). I ka hopena o ke kenekulia XIX, ua lawe maiʻo ia i nāʻanoʻelima likeʻole "Vanda Miss Joaquim", i lanakila ai i ka naʻau o nā kānaka he nui loa kona nani. Eia hou, mahalo i keʻano o ka pua a maikaʻi loa ka pua a puni, ua lilo ia i hōʻailona'āina o Singapore.

ʻO ka Ekalesia i ko mākou mau lā

ʻO ka Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator heʻano hoʻomanaʻo moʻomeheu'āina ia a ua palekanaʻia e ka moku'āina. Ke hele akuʻo ia iā ia,ʻaʻole hiki i nāʻekalesia ke hele aku eʻike i kaʻoihana wale nō, akā, no kaʻike mauʻana a me nā'ahamele, eʻike i kaʻoihana Armenia. Aia ka luakini ma: Singapore, Hill Street, 60 a ua weheʻia i kēlā me kēia lā mai 9 a 18 mau hola.

Ma kahi kokoke i kahi o nā kaʻa halihali lehulehu e like me ka inoa "Armenian Church", hiki i kahi kaʻawale 2, 12, 32, 33, 51, 61, 63, 80, 197. hiki ke loaʻa iā ia ma kahi o kēlā me kēia wahi o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO ka luakini kekahi o nā hale hōʻikeʻike kaulana loa ma Singapore - ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo National , kahi mea nui loa e kipa aku.