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[[File:St. Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakır (2008) 716.jpg|thumb|240px|Before the restoration, 2008]]
The ''' Church of St. Giragos''' ([[Cyricus and Julitta|Saint Cyricus]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=umairah |title=Commemoration of St. Kirakos and his mother Judithah |url=http://www.yangonarmenianchurch.org/our-calendar/january/241-commemoration-of-st-kirakos-and-his-mother-judithah |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=www.yangonarmenianchurch.org |language=en-gb}}</ref> is an [[Armenian Apostolic]] church in [[Diyarbakır]], [[Turkey]], which was confiscated by the Turkish government in 2016. In the 2000s, it had been renovated in part as a sign of reconciliation with the Christian community.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/node/17632939 |title=Wooing Christians |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=2 December 2010}}</ref> It was reopened on 23 October 2011<ref>[http://www.araratnews.eu/nuce.php?aid=518 Armenian Surp Giragos Church ready for Holy Mass], Ararat News & Publishing, 18 September 2011</ref> as "Turkey’s first church to be revived as a permanent place of worship".<ref>https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21583981-turkish-armenians-are-beginning-celebrateand-commemoratetheir-past-ashes Armenian culture in Turkey: From the ashes</ref> It was heavily damaged during armed clashes between the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]] and the [[Turkish Armed Forces]] in February 2016, along with the rest of the historic district of [[Sur, Diyarbakır]].
It was seen as one of the largest and most important Armenian churches in the Middle East, with seven altars.<ref>[http://www.araratnews.eu/nuce.php?aid=518 Armenian Surp Giragos Church ready for Holy Mass], Ararat News & Publishing, 18 September 2011</ref> It was closed during the [[Armenian genocide]] in 1915–1916, and was returned to the local Armenian community in 1960, although due to emigration in the 1970s and 1980s the local Armenian community was much diminished. According to some art historians, the church is the largest in the Middle East. The complex sprawls over 3,200 square meters and includes priests' houses, chapels and a school. The church was seized by the [[Imperial German Army]] in 1913 and served as their local headquarters during [[World War I]] until 1918, when it was converted into a fabric warehouse.<ref name="Surp Giragos Ermeni Kilisesi">{{cite web|title=Surp Giragos Ermeni Kilisesi|url=http://www.diyarbakirkulturturizm.org/Yapit/Details/KILISELER/21/Surp-Giragos-Ermeni-Kilisesi/214|publisher=Diyarbakır Valiliği Kültür Turizm Proje Birimi|access-date=20 April 2014|language=tr}}</ref>
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