Forty Martyrs Armenian Church, Aleppo

The Forty Martyrs Armenian Cathedral of Aleppo is a 15th century Armenian Apostolic church. It is significant among Armenian churches for having three altars. The church has no dome, but the bell tower is considered to be one of the unique samples of the baroque architecture in Aleppo. It is significant for being one of the oldest functioning churches in the Armenian diaspora.

The Armenian church of the Forty Martyrs in Aleppo was mentioned for the first time in 1476, in the second edition of the book The Exploit of the Holy Bible, written by Father Melikseth in Aleppo. It was erected to replace a small chapel in the old Christian cemetery. The church was named in the honour of a group of Roman soldiers who faced martyrdom near the city of Sebastia in Lesser Armenia, and were all venerated in Christianity as the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. On 26 April 2000, the Armenian community of Aleppo marked the 500th anniversary of the first enlargement of the church under the patronage of His Holiness Aram I Catholicos, during the period of Archbishop Souren Kataroyan.