Orthodoxy in the world: In Turkey, archaeologists discovered a 5th century church with intact mosaicstranslated

Archaeologists working at Sanliurfa Castle in southeastern Turkey have announced significant progress in the study of one of the region's most important early Christian sites. According to excavation director Professor Gulriz Kozbe of Batman University, about 60 square meters of inscribed mosaic floor discovered for the first time last season has been fully exposed, and new evidence indicates that the structure functioned as a martyrs' church rather than a regular religious building. The history of the discovery...