I show goings on and write about St. Vartan's all the time..I was just wondering if there was a Wikipedia article..for instance, they just had another Tibetan meeting there (below)
In fact, they have Tibetan gatherings, labor unions, all sorts of people as I have said... here is Tibetan girl from meeting last year
Yes, let us see what else is on the net...
Well, Wikipedia does not have much of anything I have not already said
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
St. Vartan Cathedral (
Armenian:
Սբ. Վարդան տաճար) in
New York City is the first
cathedral of the
Armenian Apostolic Church to be constructed in
North America.
[1] It is located in
New York City on the corner of
Second Avenue and
Thirty-fourth street and was built to resemble the
St. Hripsime Church in
Echmiadzin.
[2] St. Vartan's was consecrated on April 28, 1968 by
Vazgen I,
Catholicos of Armenia and of All Armenians.
[3]
Architecture
The New York architectural firm
Steinman, Cain & White, successor firm to
McKim, Mead and White,) with Edward Utudjian of Paris as a consultant designed the Cathedral. The building includes two unique features distinct to
Armenian architecture, the use of double-intersecting arches and a pyramidal dome soaring 120 feet above street level.
[2]
Around the dome there are various symbols, including the figure of
Jesus Christ; the
Holy Spirit represented by a dove; the
Greek letters alpha and omega superimposed on the scriptures; wheat and grapes representing the
Eucharist; the
Phoenix symbolizing resurrection etc.
[2]
A series of high, narrow, stained-glass windows are set into the main
walls of the cathedral below the dome depicting scenes in the life of
Christ and early Christianity in Armenia. The
patron saint of the cathedral,
St. Vartan, is depicted fighting the
Sassanid Persians who threatened the Armenian Church during the fifth century. Ecumenicism is symbolized in the portrait of
St. Nerses and the crosses of Christendom.
[2]
Coordinates: 
40.745131°N 73.975252°W
Let me just see if Cathedral has a website to add here--well,what do you know , this is from Fordham University...I did not know there was any connection
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