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St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Athens

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The St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral (Greek: Καθεδρικός Ναός του Αγίου Γρηγορίου του Φωτιστού) also called Armenian Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator is an Armenian Catholic cathedral located at 2 Rene Pio, Neos Kosmos in Athens, Greece. It functions as the seat of the Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Greece a jurisdiction created for Catholics of the Armenian rite that was established in 1925 by Pope Pius XI and directly under the administration of the Holy See. Currently the ordinariate is vacant so it does not have a bishop responsible. Father Hovsep Bezazian is the apostolic administrator.

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St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Athens
Κριεζή, Athens Πετράλωνα (1st District of Athens)

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Άγιος Γρηγόριος ο Φωτιστής

Κριεζή 10
105 53 Athens, Πετράλωνα (1st District of Athens)
Attica, Greece
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