Mor Gabriel Monastery, Midyat

Name: Mor Gabriel Monastery
Address: Idil Yolu Midyat Merkez, Midyat(Estel), Midyat, Turkey
Telephone: +90 482 213 75 12

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Dayro d-Mor Gabriel, also known as Deyrulumur, is the oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world. It is located on the Tur Abdin plateau near Midyat in the Mardin Province in southeastern Turkey. It has been involved in a dispute with the Turkish government that threatened its existence. Syriac Orthodox culture was centered in two monasteries near Mardin, Mor Gabriel Monastery and Deyrulzafaran. ()

Local name: Mor Gabriel Manastırı Established: 397 A.D.Coordinates: 37°19'18"N, 41°32'19"E

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Idil Yolu Midyat Merkez, Midyat(Estel)Midyat Turkey

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