PILGRIMAGE TO CHINSURAH (INDIA)
Lragir.am
11/01/10
On 10th January 2010, the Armenian Community of Kolkata, Armenian
College students and Armenian teachers made a pilgrimage to St. John
the Baptist Armenian Church, Chinsurah. It is situated at a distance
of sixty five kilometers from Kolkata.
Chinsurah had once been a very important trading centre in West
Bengal, India. St. John the Baptist Church is the second oldest
Christian church in West Bengal and is now considered the oldest
Armenian Apostolic Church in India, built in 1695. There are one
hundred eighty graves with Armenian scripts left in the churchyard.
The relics of St. John the Baptist which is kept in the Mother Church
of Holy Nazareth, Kolkata is brought out once a year on this occasion.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
