Virgin Mary Syriac Church

St. Mary Church, is a Syriac Orthodox church in Diyarbakir. It is under the jurisdiction of the Syriac Archdiocese of Mardin, headed by Metropolitan Mor Filüksinos Saliba Özmen. The church was first constructed as a pagan temple in the 1st century BC, and the current construction dates back to the 3rd century. The church has been restored many times, and is still in use as a place of worship today.

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Sources

1. Wikipedia (el) – Εκκλησία της Παναγίας (Ντιγιάρμπακιρ) (el.wikipedia.org)
2. Wikipedia (en) – St. Mary Church, Diyarbakır (en.wikipedia.org)
3. Wikipedia (tr) – Meryem Ana Kilisesi (Diyarbakır) (tr.wikipedia.org)
4. Wikidata – Q63372587 (wikidata.org)
5. Wikimedia Commons – St. Mary Church (Diyarbakır) (commons.wikimedia.org)
6. OpenStreetMap – node 3050760634 (openstreetmap.org)