After the destruction of the original church by the 1679 Yerevan earthquake , S. Hakob was reconstructed through the donations of Hakobjan , a wealthy resident of Tbilisi . While serving as a seat of the bishop in 1868 , the churchyard housed the diocesan school named after St. Sahak Partev , under the administration of Mesrop Archimandrite Smbatyants . During the Soviet period , the church was locked and converted into a storehouse . It resumed functioning once again in 1990
1679 Yerevan earthquake
1679 Armenia earthquake
Saint Hakob Church of Kanaker