Jolfa district is a district in the southwest of Isfahan city, built in the Safavid period to house Armenians migrating to the city. Vank Cathedral, Church of Beit-ol Lahm (Bethlehem) at Nazar Avenue and Saint Mary church at Jolfa Square and the Yerevan church in the Yerevan area are all placed there. The Safavids were a long-lasting Turkic-speaking Iranian dynasty that ruled from 1501 to 1736 and first established Shiite Islam as Persias official religion. ...
The Hindu Temple in Bandar Abbas, Iran, built during the Qajar era for Indian soldiers serving in the British Army during the British occupation. ... The Church of St Stephanus in Jolfa, Iran, said to have been erected shortly after the ascension of Jesus Christ, is considered by some historians to be the second oldest church after the Church of Bethlehem in Palestine. ...
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