Mar Petyun Keldani Catholic Church

Beautiful little church hidden away

This is a very simple church, but a real treasure. It may date back to the C3rd-5th ce, and is remarkable for the painted icons with 3-dimensional hands. A really charming experience. Visited in May.

Hidden church in old city

Combined with old city walking, visit to Great Mosque, Four Legged Minaret, and Hasan Pasa Hani, this hidden church can be visited in one walking trip. A small catholic church which may be still activ...

little bit hidden but worth the visit....

One of the oldest churches and probably one of the smallest christian communities - the church's architecture is nice and typical for the Middle East. Belltower is still intact! BEWARE OF THIEFS: I...

Special church

This church is rather dark inside but at the same time this gives it a special atmosphere. As they are restoring the place they cannot always hear you knock on the door so knock it hard and often if n...

A Chaldean Catholic Church

Mar Petyun is a 17 th century church , located in the old city, once used as the Patriarch of Chaldean Catholic Church refered as Church of the East and currently used by the Chaldenean community ...