The World’s Tallest Jesus Statue Is Nearing Completion in Armenia

Jesus is (nearly) risen.Armenia is close to finishing what could become the world’s tallest statue of Jesus Christ, a 252-foot monument rising on Mount Hatis, about 20 miles northeast of the country’s capital, Yerevan. The project, backed by businessman and former politician Gagik Tsarukyan, includes a 108-foot aluminum statue of Christ sitting atop a 144-foot pedestal. If completed as planned, it would surpass Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer, which stands about 125 feet tall including its pe