List of religious centers in Tehran

This is a list of religious centers in Tehran, Iran.

Shrines and imamzadehs edit

 
Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine
 
Imamzadeh Saleh, Shemiran

Mosques and madrasehs edit

 
Jameh Mosque of Tehran
 
Shah Mosque
 
Haj Rajab-Ali Mosque
 
Sepahsalar Mosque Tehran in 1960s
 
A mosque at the Tehran International Permanent Fairground
  • Old Jame MosqueTehran Grand Bazaar – 1662 (1072 AH)
  • Mohammadieh Madraseh (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 18th century
  • Haj Rajab-Ali Mosque (fa)Buzarjomehri St. – 1800 (1215 AH)
  • Shah Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1810–1825 (1225–1240 AH)
  • Khan-e Marvi Madraseh (fa) – Marvi St. – 1816 (1231 AH)
  • Haj Seyed Azizollah Mosque (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – Early 19th century
  • Malek Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – Early 19th century
  • Aqa Mahmoud Mosque (fa) – Marvi St. – 1828 (1243 AH)
  • Beinol-Haramein Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1835 (1251 AH)
  • Chalanchi Khan Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1837 (1253 AH)
  • Kharaqaniha Mosque – Rey St. – Mid-19th century
  • Sanee od-Dowleh Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – Mid-19th century
  • Memarbashi Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Emamzadeh Yahya – Mid-19th century
  • Sheikh Abdolhussein Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Pachenar – 1854 (1270 AH)
  • Old Sepahsalar Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Marvi St. – 1861 (1277 AH)
  • Abdollah Khan Madraseh – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1861 (1277 AH)
  • Asefieh Madraseh – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1861 (1277 AH)
  • Aqa Mosque – Buzarjomehri St. – 1863 (1280 AH)
  • Moayyer ol-Mamalek Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Khayyam Ave. – 1867 (1284 AH)
  • Haj Qanbar-Ali Khan Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Cyrus Ave. – 1871 (1288 AH)
  • Khazen ol-Molk Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1876 (1293 AH)
  • Pamenar/Agha Bahram Mosque (fa) – Pamenar St. (fa) – 19th century
  • Amin od-Dowleh Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
  • Aqsa Mosque and Madraseh – Mowlavi Ave. – 19th century
  • Aqa Jalal Mosque – Rey St. – 19th century
  • Haj Seif od-Dowleh – Zahir-ul-Eslam St. – 19th century
  • Dabbaghkhaneh Mosque – Buzarjomehri St. – 19th century
  • Saheb-Jam Mosque – Saheb-Jam St. – 19th century
  • Majd od-Dowleh Mosque (fa) – Sepah St. – 19th century
  • Niaki Mosque – Pamenar St. – 19th century
  • Haft-Tan Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
  • Haft-Dokhtaran Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
  • Chaharsuq Bozorg Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
  • Chaharsuq Kuchak Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
  • Nezam od-Dowleh Mosque (fa) – Naser Khosrow St. – 19th century
  • Mirza Mousa Mosque (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
  • Philsuf od-Dowleh Madraseh (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 19th century
  • Dangi Madraseh – Pamenar St. – 19th century
  • New Sepahsalar Mosque and Madraseh – Baharestan Sq. – 1879–1892 (1296–1309 AH)
  • Kazemieh Madraseh – Emamzadeh Yahya – 1881 (1298 AH)
  • Saheb-Divan Mosque – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1885 (1302 AH)
  • Seraj ol-Mulk Mosque – Amir-Kabir Ave. – 1886 (1303 AH)
  • Saneeieh Madraseh – Emamzadeh Yahya – 1886 (1303 AH)
  • Haj Abolfath Mosque and Madraseh – Rey St. – 1888–1894 (1305–1312 AH)
  • Behbahani Mosque – Buzarjomehri St. – 1893 (1311 AH)
  • Haj Esmail Mosque – Shah Sq. – 1896 (1314 AH)
  • Moezz od-Dowleh Mosque (fa) – Iran St. – 1899 (1317 AH)
  • Moshir os-Saltaneh Mosque and Madraseh (fa) – Mowlavi Ave. – 1900 (1318 AH)
  • Hemmatabad Mosque – Sepah Ave. – 1906 (1324 AH)
  • Qandi Mosque (fa) – Khaniabad – 1908 (1327 AH)
  • Sanee-Divan Mosque – Shahpur Ave. – 1915 (1333 AH)
  • Hedayat Mosque – Istanbul Ave. – Early 20th century
  • Haj Saqabashi Mosque – Iran St. – Early 20th century
  • Monirieh Mosque – Qazvin Ave. – Early 20th century
  • Salman Mosque (fa) – Shahbaz Ave. – Early 20th century
  • Firouzabadi Mosque (fa) – Rey – Early 20th century
  • Lorzadeh Mosque – 1940s
  • Fakhr od-Dowleh Mosque – Fakhrabad – 1945
  • Sajjad Mosque (fa) – Fakhr-e Razi St. – 1947
  • Arg Mosque (ru) – Arg Square – 1949
  • Qoba Mosque – Old Shemiran Rd. – 20th century
  • Abouzar Mosque (fa) – Fallah – 20th century
  • Mojtahedi Madraseh (fa) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1956
  • Tehran University Mosque (fa) – Tehran University – 1966
  • Al-Javad Mosque – 20th century
  • Khomeini Madraseh (fa) – Ozgol – 2003
  • Grand Mosalla of Tehran

Hosseiniehs and tekyeh edit

 
Hosseinieh Ershad

Fire temples edit

 
Adorian Fire temple in Tehran
  • Fire Temple of Bahram – Rey – before Islam
  • Adorian (fa)Qavam St. – 1907
  • Markar Complex – TehranPars – 1930s
  • Shah Vrahram Izad – South Karegar St.
  • Kushk-e Varjavand (fa) – Karaj Rd.
  • Great Adorian – Vanak – Under Construction
  • Tower of Silence (Dakhmeh-ye Gabrha) (fa) – Located on Moshirieh Rd. (fa) behind 7th unit of Tehran Cement Plant. It is circular in shape.
  • Qasr-e-Firuzeh (fa) Zoroastrian Cemetery – 1935

Baha'i house of worship edit

 
Hazirat ol-Qods in 1955 before demolition of its dome

Churches edit

 
Saint Sarkis Armenian Cathedral in Tehran

Monophysite churches edit

Armenian Apostolic edit

  • St. Sarkis Cathedral (Սուրբ Սարգիս մայր տաճար) and Prelacy – KarimKhan Blvd. (fa) – 1970
  • Saint George Church (Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի) (hy) – Shahpur Ave. (fa) – 1795
  • Sts. Thaddeus-Bartholomew Church (Սուրբ Թադևոս-Բարդուղիմեոս եկեղեցի) – Tehran Grand Bazaar – 1768
  • Saint Minas Church (Սուրբ Մինաս եկեղեցի) (hy)Vanak – 1854
  • Holy Mary Church (Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի) – Qavam St. (fa) – 1945
  • Holy Translators Church (Սուրբ Թարգմանչաց եկեղեցի) (hy) – Vahidieh – 1868
  • Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church (Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ եկեղեցի) (hy) – Majidieh (fa) – 1982
  • Saint Vardan Church (Սրբոց Վարդանանց եկեղեցի) – Heshmatieh – 1986
  • Saint John Chapel (Սուրբ Յովհաննէս մատուռ) – Doulab Armenian Cemetery – 1936
  • Saint Stephen Chapel (Սուրբ Ստեփանոս մատուռ) (hy)Nor Burastan Armenian Cemetery – 1974
  • Holy Cross Chapel (Սուրբ Խաչ մատուռ) – Ararat Stadium – 1987
 
Saint George Armenian Church in Shahpur Ave.

Assyrian Church of the East edit

  • Saint George Church (Mar Gevargiz) – Bagh-e-Shah (fa) – 1962
  • Holy Mary Church (Mart Maryam) – Sarbaz St. – 1978

Orthodox churches edit

 
Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Mary, Tehran

Catholic churches edit

Armenian Catholic edit

 
Saint Gregory the Illuminator Armenian-Catholic Church in Tehran, (2011)
  • Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church (Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ եկեղեցի) – Ghazali St. – 1954
  • Saint Joseph Church (Սուրբ Յովսէփ եկեղեցի) – Mirdamad Blvd. – 1963
  • Holy Mary Church (Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի) – Yusefabad
  • Armenian Catholic Chapel – Doulab Armenian Catholic Cemetery – 1946

Chaldean Catholic edit

  • Saint Joseph Cathedral (Mar Yozef) – Forsat St. – 1950
  • Holy Virgin Church – Appadana St.
  • Chaldean Catholic Chapel – Eslamshahr Catholic Cemetery – 1967

Roman Catholic edit

Protestant churches edit

 
St. Peter Protestant Church

Evangelical Church edit

Anglican edit

  • St. Paul Anglican Church (fa) – Hafez St. (fa) – 1967

Assemblies of God edit

  • Assemblies of God Church – Takht-e-Jamshid Ave. (fa) – 1971

Evangelical Brotherhood edit

Seventh-Day Adventist edit

  • Seventh-Day Adventist Church – Rasht St. – 1955

Synagogues edit

 
Haim Synagogue, Tehran
 
Yusefabad Synagogue (Suket Shalim), Tehran
 
Abrishami Synagogue, Tehran

Gurdwaras edit

Other religious centers edit

 
Javan-Mard Qassab Mausoleum, Rey
 
Tughril Bey's Mausoleum, Rey
 
Doulab Cemetery
 
Tehran War Cemetery

See also edit

References edit