Christianity began to spread through Armenia at the beginning of the 2nd century but it was Saint Gregory also known as the Illuminator, who was the real great apostle of Christianity 295 and 325. He overcame paganism and gave the church its hierarchical structure with Catholicism at its head. Today the majority of Armenians belong to the National Armenian church with its own particular characteristics, doctrines and disciplines. It recognizes the existence of two natures in Jesus Christ (even though nominally there is only one), it affirms that the Holy Spirit is of the Father and not the Son, it denies Extreme Unction and Purgatory (simply praying for the dead), and it refutes the jurisdiction of the Pope in Rome, especially his doctrinal authority
This church was built in 1503 by Gian Giacomo Dolcebuono. The facade, erected between 1574 and 1581, was completed in 1872 by Angelo Colla. There are three floors inside with nineteeth century frescoes on the sides of the loggias and the naves. The internal facade also includes frescoes by Simone Peterzano. In the third chapel on the left, there is a nun's choirbox made in wood by Gian Giacomo Dolcebuono in 1500 with an extremely fine organ in the centre made in 1554 by Gian Giacomo Antegnani and painted in tempera by Francesco Medici. There are also frescoes on the walls by Bernardino, Aurelio and Giovan Pietro Luini. Do not miss the frescoes by Bernardino Luini painted from 1522 to 1529.
The Brughiera Briantea park consists of a small srea of land (750 hectares) crossed by three streams running between the province of Mian and Como. In one of Northern Italy's most densely built up areas, the park is a beatiful patch of greenery besieged by built-up Brianza. The park mainly consists of heath land, from where the plant name heather comes, in springtime the ground is covered with its cyclamine coloured flowers. Across the woods and green meadows of Cabiate the valley goes up again to Cascina Mordina, which is an interesting example of a Lombardy rural building.