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The cult of saints and martyrs, has become an important means of representation in the Christian faith and has occured at the forefront of the elements that shape the church liturgy in addition to the principles of belief and worship. The remains of saints and martyrs who’ve sacrificed their lives for their faith have been turned into holy relics. The ways in which these relics are identified and the areas they cover have expanded over time. As a result of these developments, the reliquaries where holy relics are kept have gained a very rich range in terms of form and technical features The cult of saints profoundly present in the region where Syriacs live contributed to the shaping of religious architecture. The presence of reliquaries in Mor Yuhannon Tayyoyo Monastery also supports this. The purpose of this study is to examine the reflections of the relic cult found in Christianity and the factors affecting its development among the Syriacs. In addition, the study purposes to make a general description of the reliquaries found in this monastery in light of the typological information on reliquaries containing holy relics. Before mentioning the form and technical features of the reliquaries under study, the article presents information about the cult of saints and martyrs, which has an important place in Christian theology. The next stage, of the study introduces; the cult of relics in Christianity in general terms, as well as the reliquaries that have been used. The reliquaries in the monastery were determined to be small in sizes and assessabled under the group reliquaries in the form of sarcophagi.

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