Mor Efrem Kilisesi

The church, which is known as the Kırklar Church, is named after both early Christian legends and is a building from the middle of the 6th century. The ceiling section, which is carried in the east-west direction by the arches resting on 12 massive columns, is built with smooth cut stones. After Mardin became the Assyrian Ancient Patriarchate Center in Mardin, the spiritual and administrative affairs of the people started to be managed from this church. In the Kırklar Church, the patriarchs and metropolises used to live in chambers with ceilings in the courtyard of the church. In 1850, a new patriarchal center was built in place of these rooms, and in 1925 this place was expanded and a divanhane of cut stones was built next to it. A school was opened here in 1799 and it is known to be active between 1825-1899. education and training continued until 1928.

The church, whose information is written in the comments, is Mor Behram Kırklar Church, which is a few streets away. This church is not a closed and open place to visit.

Compared to other churches in Mardin, it is a place that must be seen while visiting the mardin.

The building is beautiful, but it is closed because it is a courthouse. Check before you come

The church located at the door of Mardin, Diyarbakır was actually a monastery and nowadays it is undergoing restoration.

He did not give the church land due to the school built in front of him and the courts are now closed.

It is one of the old Mardin churches. While we were trying to go here, we entered the house of an Assyrian Gülcan lady. There is a home made liquor, she said, "I'll give you a bargain". She said that alcohol is forbidden, we said no, there is also an Assyrian evil eye stone.

Kırklar Church, which is located in the Şar District and belongs to the Mardin Syriac Ancient Orthodox Community, is dated to the 6th century. After Mardin became the Syriac Patriarchate Center in 1293, the spiritual and administrative affairs of the Assyrians living in Mardin began to be managed from this church. In the Kirklar Church, patriarchs and metropolitans used to reside in the courtyard of the church in rooms whose ceilings were built with cut stone. In 1850, a new patriarchate center was built in place of these rooms, and in 1925 this place was expanded and a divan house was built next to it. A school was opened here in 1799, and it is known to have been active between 1825 and 1899. Until 1928, education and training continued in the church. Also known as Mor Behnam, both names of the church are based on early Christian legends. The church, which resembles a museum, has three entrance doors, altars with fine stone work, four-hundred-year-old wooden altar doors, 1500-year-old root dye-printed hand-woven curtains, ritual altars made of wood and decorated with different motifs, ivory decorated lecterns, silver oil lamps, paintings of holy persons. It has a rich collection of manuscripts and prayer books.