St. Gregory the Lusarovich church

Once again, the example of discriminatory policy of the Turkish government toward minorities. It seems that the intention was to hide this church with tall buildings around.

Nice building but don't expect anything much

The Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church of Galata is the oldest extant Armenian Apostolic church in Istanbul. It was built in the late 14th century, in the Genoan period, shortly before the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans. Located in Galata (Karaköy), it is the city's only church built in the traditional style of the Armenian church architecture—namely with a dome with a conical roof.nIt is the oldest of Istanbul's Armenian churches (total around 35). According to a manuscript formerly kept at the Armash monastery the church was founded in 1391 by an Armenian merchant named Kozma (Italian: Cosimo) from Kaffa (now Feodosia) in Crimea who bought the land on which it was built. Galata at the time was a Genoese colony and the Armenians found more protection under their control rather than that of the Byzantine Empire. The blacksmith Aved built the altar of the church as well as the Holy Cross chapel near the church. First concrete evidence of the existence of the church comes from two 1431 inscriptions on the church. The date is sometimes cited as the foundation date of the church.nHistorian Kevork Pamukciyan believes that the current church was built on the location of St. Sargis, an Armenian church in Galata, mentioned in two Armenian manuscripts from 1360 and 1361.

Armenian church in Karaköy, interesting because it architecturally resembles the Armenian churches of Anatolia, different to the ones in Istanbul.

It never opens?