St. Mary's church at Urmia with its clergy and Bishop Mar Elia

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St. Mary's church at Urmia with its clergy and Bishop Mar Elia

Place
Urmia · today Iran
Date
1915

Newspaper photograph of St. Mary's church at Urmia with a long line of clergy and men in front of it. The caption says 200 Christians were burnt to death there by Turks and Kurds, and that the tallest clergyman in the centre is Bishop Mar Elia, who was hanged by the Turks.

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Source

Library of Congress, Chronicling America (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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