Investigating environmental factors affecting the number of social interactions in Armenian churches in Tehran

In Armenian architecture, church architecture is of special importance and churches are the most lasting type of buildings belonging to this architecture. Many churches of this architecture were formed during the 20th century in different parts of the geographical context of Iran today in different cultural and political conditions. In different historical periods, we have witnessed the migration of these people to Iran due to Iran's neighborhood with the Armenian people. The first coherent migration of Armenians to Iran dates back to the beginning of the 13th century, when they chose the cities of Tabriz and Maragheh as their settlements. At the beginning of the 17th century, some old Jolfai Armenians settled in Isfahan by order of Shah Abbas. Religion was very important for these people and that's why they started to build a church in this city. Safavid culture and art as well as the city of Isfahan have influenced the churches built in this area. At the end of the 18th century, by the order of Agha Mohammad Khan, several Iranian Armenians immigrated to Tehran and built a church in Tehran.One of the roles of religion in every religion and profession is effective communication between people and improvement of social relations, and religious places are also a space for this to happen. Paying attention to environmental factors in religious places can increase these relationships to some extent. In this article, we discuss these factors in St. Mary's Church.