CHURCH BUILDING
Saint Mary Church (Naneh Maryam)
Urmia · Assyrian Church of the East
A brief history
Saint Mary’s is a historic center of Urmia’s Assyrian community. Historian Nicholas Al-Jeloo records Patriarch Yahballaha III’s visit in 1284; this reference does not date the surviving building.
An interesting detail
Four subdeacons were ordained here for the Assyrian Church of the East on 29 November 2013.