Meryem Kilisesi

Ancient siteSelçuk, İzmir

37.9449°N · 27.3392°E

Meryem Kilisesi
Matthias Holländer · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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Style
Byzantine architecture

Meryem Kilisesi is a ancient site in İzmir; The Church of Mary was an ancient Christian cathedral at Ephesus (near present-day Selçuk) dedicated to the Theotokos, the Virgin Mary.

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The Church of Mary was an ancient Christian cathedral at Ephesus (near present-day Selçuk) dedicated to the Theotokos, the Virgin Mary. It is also known as the Church of the Councils because two councils important to early Christianity, the Council of Ephesus and the Second Council of Ephesus, are assumed to have been held there. The church stood in the south stoa of the Olympieion (Temple of Hadrian Olympios) beside the harbour of Ephesus.

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