Saint John Church of Sohrol

The Church of Saint John is a 5th- or 6th-century Armenian Catholic church in Sohrol, Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. It was rebuilt in 1840 by Samson Makintsev in brick on the older church foundation.

History

The modern Church of Saint John of Sohrol was built in 1840 over the ruins of the original, built either in the 5th or 6th century by Russian and French architects. In 1936, it was seriously damaged by an earthquake.
It was added to the Iran National Heritage List in 1968, with the registration ID 766. In 2020 it passed through restoration, with additional reinforcement being made in 2021.