Christian Communities
According to tradition, the Mart Maryam Church, a (Syriac Orthodox) sanctuary, was the first church in Harput, built in 179 A.D.
Harput was the seat of a Syrian Orthodox bishop as early as the eleventh century, whose diocese was initially called Hisn Ziyad and later Harput. The last Syrian Orthodox bishop of Harput, Cyril Mansur, was murdered along with many of the town's Christians during the Armenian Genocide and Assyrian Genocide of 1915.
An Armenian Catholic diocese of Kharput was created in 1850.
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