St. Paul Church , alternatively known as the '' Bebekli Kilise '' , is a Roman Catholic Church in Adana . The church was built as an Armenian Apostolic Church in 1870 , and handed over to the Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia in 1915 , after the Ottoman deportation of the city 's large Armenian community over the course of Armenian Genocide . St. Paul Church is located close to the 5 Ocak Square , off the Cemal Gürsel Street . The 2.5 meter high bronze statue of Mary resembled a baby to the people walking by and the church became known as the " Church with Baby " ( Bebekli Kilise )
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Saint Paul Church (Adana)