- Adilesi: 60 Hill St, Singapore 179366
- Foni: +65 6334 0141
- Website: www.armeniansinasia.org
- Kutsegula: 1835
- Wojambula: George Dramgul Coleman
Chizindikiro ichi chimaonedwa ngati ngale mu chikhalidwe cha Orthodox, chifukwa ndi kachisi wakale kwambiri wachikhristu ku Singapore. Kuyenda m'misewu ya mzinda wodabwitsa uwu, osadziŵa tchalitchi cha St. Gregory the Illuminator, chomwe chiri bwino kwambiri pakati, sizingatheke: chipale chofewa, ndizitsulo kutsogolo kwa khomo lalikulu ndi otsika pansi pa nsanja. Kuwonjezera pa zomangamanga zake zosaiwalidwa komanso mbiri yakale, pali manda omwe ali kumalo a kachisi komwe umodzi wa manda achikumbutso ndi wa mkazi yemwe adatulutsa maluwa a dziko la Singapore.
Zakale za mbiriyakale
Mpingo wa St. Gregory wa Illuminator ndi wa gulu la Armenia, lomwe kuyambira kumapeto kwa zaka za XVIII linayamba kukhazikika ku Singapore. Mu 1833, adasankha kumanga tchalitchi, koma kunali kusowa kwakukulu kwa ndalama pazifukwa zabwinozi. Anthu a ku Armenia a ku India komanso anthu ena ochokera ku China ndi ku Ulaya anawathandiza. Ndipo mu 1835 mpingo unamangidwa, ngakhale panthawi imeneyo unali wosiyana kwambiri ndi umene uli nawo tsopano.
Wopanga mapulani wotchuka dzina lake George Coleman anaganiza panthawiyo kuti amange kachisi ku British colonial style, koma kale mu zaka khumi zambiri amayenera kukonzanso, chifukwa. Zina mwazimenezi sizinali zodalirika. Anasankha kuchotsa dome lozungulira ndi belu lalikulu nsanja, ndipo mmalo mwake anaika nsanja ya quadrangular ndi spire. Kuwonjezera apo, mpingo wa Armenia ku Singapore mu 1950 unasintha mtundu wake, kukhala woyera mmalo mwa buluu, ndipo m'ma 1990 iwo amangidwanso.
M'manda achichepere pafupi ndi kachisi, mukhoza kuona miyala yamanda ya wotchuka wotchedwa Ashken Hovakimyan (wotchedwa Agnes Hoakim). Kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1900, adatulutsa mitundu yambiri yamaluwa "Vanda Miss Joaquim", yomwe inapangitsa mitima ya anthu ambiri kukongola kwake. Kuonjezerapo, chifukwa chakuti maluwawo ndi othandiza kwambiri komanso maluwa ambirimbiri, akhala chizindikiro cha dziko lonse la Singapore.
Mpingo mu tsiku lathu
Mpingo wa St. Gregory wa Illuminator tsopano ndi chikumbutso cha chikhalidwe cha dziko ndipo umatetezedwa ndi boma. Kumuchezera, amtchalitchi akhoza kuyendera osati ntchito yokhayo, komanso, chifukwa cha nthawi zambiri zowonetsedwa ndi zikondwerero, dziwani chikhalidwe cha Armenian. Kachisi uli: Singapore, Hill Street, 60 ndipo imatsegulidwa tsiku lililonse kuyambira ma 9 mpaka 18.
Pafupi apa pali malo oyendetsa sitima zapamadzi omwe ali ndi dzina lomwelo la "Armenian Church", lomwe lingapezeke kulikonse mumzinda ndi mabasi 2, 12, 32, 33, 51, 61, 63, 80, 197. Zangapo zochepa kuchokera Kachisi ndi chimodzi mwa malo osungiramo zinthu zakale kwambiri ku Singapore - National Museum , yomwe imakhalanso yosangalatsa kuyendera.
| | | |
