Mor Gabriel Monastery

Local nameMor Gabriel Manastırı
LocationMardin Province, Turkey

Dayro d-Mor Gabriel, also known as Deyrulumur, is the second oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world behind Mar Mattai Monastery in Northern Iraq. 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.

Tags Place of WorshipChristian
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor_Gabriel_Monastery

Address 47500, Turkey

Coordinates 37°19'18.599" N 41°32'18.659" E

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