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| THE HOUSE OF VIRGIN MARY |
 Situated
near the top of Mount Nightingale overlooking Selcuk. According
to tradition, Saint John brought Mary to Ephesus after Christ's
death. A small house was built for her on Mount Nightingale,
where she spent the last days of her life. Officially sanctioned
by the Vatican, it is now a popular place of pilgrimage, visited
by Christians and Muslims from all over the world. A commemoration
ceremony is held here every year on the 15 th. of August.
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According to the records of the Christian Council, The Virgin
Mary lived in this house until she died at the age of 64. It
is widely believed that she left Jerusalem with St. John after
Jesus was crucified. St. John wrote in Bible that Virgin Mary
was entrusted to him by Jesus himself before crucifixion. It
was also recorded in the Council documents that she lived in
a house next to the Council Church inside Ephesus before moving
into the house on Bulbul mountain....
A major recognition of the house was sealed in 1967 when Pope
Paul VI visited and prayed in the house. Later on. Pope John
II visited the house and confirmed again the significance of
the hose for Christianity....
Here is what the Koran says about her: 'O Mary ! Without a doubt,
Allah has given you an outstanding distinction. He has cleansed
you of all badness and exalted you above womankind.' (Al lmran/42)
'Her Lord graciously accepted her. lie made her grow like a
beautiful plant and entrusted her to the care of Zacharias.
Whenever Zacharias visited her in her room, he found that she
had food with her. 'Mary' he said, 'where is this food from?
'It is from Allah' she answered, 'Allah gives without stint
to whom He wilP"(Al Imran/37)
After Jesus' death Mother Mary and St. John most probably stayed
in Jerusalem for a while, but after St. Jacob, St. John's brother,
was beheaded realizing they could not stay under this massacre
they went to Ephesus via Syria and Anatolia. Going there St.
John's aim was to besafe as well as to spread Christianity in
the Roman Empire and the West. For these purposes, among populous
and popular western Anotalian cities Ephesus was the most appropriate
one. The historical data gives us the following information
on Mother Mary's life: When Jesus saw his mother, and St. John
standing near, he said to his mother,' Mother, behold, your
son!' Then he said to the disciple, 'Behold, your mother!"
And entrusted them to each other. According to the Bible, from
that moment St. John took Jesus' mother under his protection.
We briefly presented some apparent and cover information about
the Holy Mother. Churches could only be established in places
where saints and martyrs lived. The church in Ephesus dedicated
the Mother Mary shows that she lived in Ephesus and there, her
soul left her body.
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