UNESCO’S WORLD HERITAGE COMMISSION INCLUDES ARMENIAN THADDEUS MONASTERY IN IRAN INTO ITS LIST OF MONUMENTS
ARMENPRESS
July 9, 2008
UNESCO’s World Heritage Commission meeting in Canada’s Quebec has
included the Armenian Thaddeus Monastery in Iran into its list of
historical, architectural and cultural monuments.
According to UNESCO press office, the Armenian monastery located
in Iran’s northwest, bears the evidence of extensive exchanges with
other cultures of the region-Byzantine, Orthodox and Persian.
It said the monastery is the last remaining sample of that culture
in the region being in satisfactory condition.
The tradition says that the monastery was founded by Apostle Thaddeus
in 66 AD. It also says that Thaddeus, who was one of the first
preachers of Christianity in Armenia, is buried in the monastery’s
territory.