St. Mary Church, is an ancient Assyrian church located in the city of Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
Current old building of the church belongs to Sasanian era and its interior design is a combination of Sasanian and Arsacid architecture.
A Chinese princess, who contributed to its reconstruction in 642 AD, has her name engraved on a stone on the church wall. The famous Italian traveller Marco Polo also described the church in his visit.
Briefly prior to the World War I, it was converted by Russians to a Russian Orthodox church
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary_Church,_Urmia
Address Orumiyeh, Iran
Coordinates 37°32'39.52" N 45°4'3.682" E
