St. Paul Monument Museum

Unfortunately, the church was not a restoration work, but a rebuilding work, and unfortunately the church is out of historical artifacts.

The museum is entered with a card. A simple and beautiful place.

Get a museum card on your way to Tarsus, which has such a historical texture and is considered the cradle of religions and civilizations. It will be much more economical. Choose clothes that will not make you sweat and that will allow you to walk comfortably on a comfortable sneakers. Tarsus can be visited on foot. Tell us. St. Paul Memorial Museum building was built by the Orthodox Arab-Greek Community in 1850. The real estate, which was used for different purposes until 1993, was allocated to the Ministry of Culture in 1994 and was used by St. Paul Memorial Museum. St. Restoration works were carried out between 1997-2001 in the Paul Museum and its surroundings. After the restoration and landscaping work is completed, the building is located in St. It was opened to visitors in 2001 as the Paul Memorial Museum. On the ceiling of the central nave of the church, which has a three-nave rectangular plan, Hz. There are frescoes of Jesus, the biblical writers Yohannes, Mattios, Marcos and Lucas with an eye motif and a bird figure. On both sides of the window on the upper part of the apse, there are scenes and angel depictions. There is a bell tower in the north east corner of the church. St. Local and foreign groups visiting the Paul Memorial Museum also perform religious services. Saint Paulus is a very important person in Christianity religion. Coming from a Jewish family, Paulus was born in Tarsus in 3 AD. Father made tent cloth weaving profession. Towards the age of 13, he was sent to Jerusalem to study as a rabbi. When he returned to Tarsus, the city of his birth, he gained dual citizenship, that is, he became a citizen of both Tarsus and Rome. He went to Jerusalem again towards 34 AD. He continued to spread the Christian religion and learn. Meanwhile, the clergyman who worked on Christianity with Barnabas, one of the pioneers of Christianity in Antakya, changed his name from Saul to Paulus, the Roman name. In 36 AD, he encountered Jesus at an unexpected moment, announced that he would follow Jesus' path after this encounter and learned the basic elements of the Christian faith. When he returned to Tarsus, he continued his Christian studies and established a Christian community. Meeting again with Barnabas in AD 43, Paulus went back to Jerusalem to visit Christian believers. Separated with Barnabas, Paulus continued his second religious mission with clergymen named Silas and Timetheos. It has been found in places such as Syria, Cilicia, Anatolia, Ephesus, Kayseri, Filibe, Thessaloniki and Piraeus. According to some rumors; It is claimed that Paulus, who was arrested, was released in 62 AD, and according to some rumors he was executed in 66 AD.