Kuzguncuk - St. Gregory or Surb Krikor Lusavoric Church

Surp Krikor Lusavoriç Armenian Church is an Armenian Apostolic church located in Kuzguncuk, Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey. The current building was funded by Bedros Agha Shaldjian and rebuilt in 1861, replacing a wooden church built in 1835. The church is built in a cruciform plan with a Byzantine dome and reliefs, making it an exception to the strict rules of construction and renovation imposed by the Ottoman Empire.

The church building has three sections, a narthex, and five doors, with three large windows on each side of the building and over the main entrance to illuminate the interior. Byzantine-style pseudo windows decorated with paintings of saints adorn the northern and southern walls. The altar's upper part is gilded, and the wooden guard rail in front of it is decorated with flower and leaf figures. The two-story belfry with a pyramidal roof surmounted by a cupola is located immediately behind the apse in the east.

In 1853, a co-educational school named Lusavoriçyan was established on the same land as the church to meet the educational needs of the growing Armenian population in the Kuzguncuk area. The small neighborhood of Kuzguncuk has a multi-religious community, including the Agios Georgios Greek Orthodox Church, the Agios Panteleimonas Greek Orthodox Church, the Bet Nissim Synagogue, and the Üryanizade Mosque. In February 2008, a group of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim students and adults visited the church as part of a social activity organized by the local women residents of the three religions.