Mehmet Guzel, Author at Crux

A fresco depicting Jesus as the "Good Shepherd" adorns the wall of a 3rd-century tomb in Hisardere, where archaeologists uncovered one of Anatolia's best-preserved early Christian artworks, in Iznik, Turkey, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (Credit: Khalil Hamra/AP.)

Church in the Middle East

Rare fresco of Jesus as the ‘Good Shepherd’ uncovered in Turkish town visited by the pope

by Mehmet Guzel, Andrew Wilks and Associated Press December 13, 2025

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