It is believed that shortly before the crucifixion of Jesus, St Jean abducted the mother of Jesus, Mary, from Jerusalem and Mary lived here until the age of 101, and when she died, St Jean buried Mary in a place where nobody knew beside St Jean.
The church was built in the 6th century AD by the Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora. The entrance of the building, which was built on a 40×110 meter cross-shaped and domed structure on the tomb of St Jean, the apostle of Jesus, is located in the western part of the building. After the Temple of Artemis, the second largest religious building in Ephesus, the church became a church in the Middle Ages where Christians prayed. With its height, thickness and architectural structure, it is one of the seven most important churches in the Aegean in the early ages of Christianity. The building, which includes a treasury room and a baptistery, is on the UNESCO list.
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