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  • Apostles’ Successor's Bones Discovered in Iran’s St. Stephanus Church

    07/28/2005 7:15:48 AM PDT · by nuconvert · 37 replies · 2,901+ views
    MEHR News.com ^ | July 27, 2005
    Apostles’ successor's bones discovered in Iran’s St. Stephanus Church TEHRAN, July 27 (MNA) -- Shahriar Adl, the director of the team documenting three Iranian churches for registration on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, said on Wednesday that they have discovered the bones of one of the successors of the Apostles of Jesus in one of the ceilings of the St. Stephanus Church, which is located near Marand in East Azarbaijan. Some historical sources, such as the travelogue of Frenchmen Jean Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689), some photos kept at Tehran’s Golestan Palace, and the photos taken by Ali Khan Vali, the governor of...