Image: Patriarchal Church of Mar Shalita
Description: The Patriarchal Church of Mar Shalital in Qudshanis village in Hakkâri Province, Turke It was significant in the history of the Church of the East (whose continuation is at the head of what since 1976 has adopted the name of Assyrian Church of the East) in that it was the seat of a line of patriarchs for many centuries until mid-1915, when Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin along with the rest of the Assyrians of Hakkari were forced to flee as part of the Sayfo.
Title: Patriarchal Church of Mar Shalita
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Author: Mar Sharb
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