Payvand, Iran
Jan. 1 2014
Photos: Iranian Christians Mark New Year 2014 at Sarkis Church in Tehran
Photos by Marzieh Soleimani, Islamic Republic News Agency & Borna Ghasemi, ISNA
Iran’s Armenian Christian community held a ceremony at Sarkis Church
in Tehran early Wednesday morning to celebrate the New Year 2014.
During the ceremony, special prayers were said and candles were lit.
This was also a chance for some to pose with the Santa!
While Iran is officially designated the “Islamic Republic,” among its
more than 70 million people is a small but important Christian
minority. Most of Iran’s Christians are Armenians and Assyrians, who
remain relatively free to follow their faith. The numbers of
Protestants and evangelical Christians are said to be growing. For
these people, life is often much more difficult. A number of Christian
denominations still live in Iran today and include Assyrians,
Armenians, Catholics, Protestants and Evangelical Christians. Although
a minority religious group in Iran, Christians of Iran are free to
practice their religion and perform their religious rituals
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
