Religions of Vanadzor

The city's small Russian Orthodox community is served by the church of the Nativity of Virgin Mary, built in 1895).

The Surb Sargis church of Vanadzor was built in 2000, near the prelacy building.

The groundbreaking service for the new cathedral of the diocese of Gugark took place in May 2002. Later in 2003, His Holiness Karekin II; the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, conducted the blessing service for the foundation of the cathedral. The construction of the cathedral was completed in 2005 and named after Saint Gregory of Narek, to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of his Book of Lamentations.

In 2006, the small chapel of the Holy Children was opened in the Tsitsernak children's camp of Vanadzor