Tur Abdin
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Tur Abdin is a hilly region situated in southeastern Turkey, including the eastern half of Mardin Province, and Şırnak Province west of the Tigris, on the border with Syria and famed since Late Antiqu
View of the Syriac Christian quarter in Midyat
Yoldath Aloho (Mother of God) Syriac Orthodox church in Midyat
Portal of Mor Gabriel Monastery
Mor Hananyo Monastery, or The Saffron Monastery in English
Mor Gabriel Monastery
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The Monastery of Saint Gabriel, also known as Monastery of Qartmin, Deir el-ʿUmr, Deyrulumur, and in Turkish, Mor Gabriel Manastırı, is a Syriac Orthodox monastery located near Midyat in the Tur Abdin
Tur Abdin
…In 586 B.C. the prophet Ezekiel mentions the famed wine of Izlo, on the southern edge of the plateau of Tur Abdin, in his prophecy against Tyre. The Mor Gabriel Monastery, one of the oldest Syriac Orthodox churches in the world, was founded in 397 by the ascetic Mor Shmu'el (Samuel) and his student Mor Shem'un (Simon…
Towers of the monastery's churches
A building complex on one side of the monastery
Transverse arches of the main church
Dome of Theodora