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St. Mary's Church, Urmia

Place: Urmia · today Iran
Date: 20th century

St. Mary's Church in Urmia, said by tradition to hold the grave of one of the Magi, with a large crowd of men standing in front of it. Taken before 1916.

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Yohannan, The Death of a Nation (1916), via Internet Archive

Abraham Yohannan · Public domain (published 1916)

St. Mary's Church, Urmia

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