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  • Mor Gabriel Monastery

    Mor Gabriel Monastery, The Monastery of St. Gabriel, Dayro d-Mor Gabriel or Deyrulumur, is the oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world. It is located near Midyat in the Mardin Province in southeastern Turkey. It was founded in 397 AD by the ascetic Mor Shmu'el (Samuel) and his student Mor Shem'un (Simon).
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Late Antique and Medieval Churches and Monasteries of Midyat and Surrounding Area (Tur ʿAbdin).
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Mor Gabriel Monastery
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    Mor Gabriel Monastery
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    Mor Gabriel Monastery
    by Nevit Dilmen, CC-BY-SA-3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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    Mor Gabriel Monastery

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2021

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    Churches and Monasteries

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    Turkey

    Mardin Province

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    4th Century AD

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