The St. Mary's Cathedral ( fa, کلیسای جامع سنت مری ) also called Cathedral of St. Mary the Mother of God is an Assyrian religious building of the Catholic church that follows the
Chaldean rite and is located in Mehdi Al Ghadam, Mirzaian Street of the city of Urmía in the province of
Western Azerbaijan
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, north of
Iran and near the border with
Turkey.
It is a temple that follows the Chaldean or
East Syriac Rite and is one of the 4 Chaldean Catholic cathedrals operating in Iran. The church serves as the seat of the
Chaldean Catholic Archeparchie of Urmia, suffragan of the
Chaldean Catholic diocese of Salmas
Chaldean (also Chaldaean or Chaldee) may refer to:
Language
* an old name for the Aramaic language, particularly Biblical Aramaic
* Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, a modern Aramaic language
* Chaldean script, a variant of the Syriac alphabet
Places
* Chal ...
.
Its construction dates from the period between 1881 and 1885; it was destroyed in 1918 and reopened in 1954. It is under the pastoral responsibility of the Archbishop Thomas Meram.
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Iran
*
St. Mary Church, Urmia
References
Eastern Catholic cathedrals in Iran
Churches in Iran
Buildings and structures in Urmia
Chaldean Catholic cathedrals
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