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نویسنده [English]چکیده [English]
The old land of Iran has many ancient holy sites. These locations other than relating to the existing religions, are associated with the Iranian ancient faith. Iranian have respected the life-giving and natural elements throughout history and dedicated temples to them. Church of St. Stephanos was one of the great temples of Iran in the past. In order to understand the ancient history of Jolfa, we need to understand particular features such as engravings, symbolic patterns, nature and architectural characteristics. In this paper the hypothesis is sought to be proved by generally mentioning the importance of region history, describing the features of the Building and by analyzing the reliefs.
Religious symbols and natural indicators are the evidence to prove this hypothesis that: St. Stephanos church was used as a holy place in ancient Persian history and then it has been altered to a church during the time.