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The Monastery of Saint Elijah, or Dair Mar Elia (Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܝܠܝܐ; Arabic: دير مار إيليا), was located in Mosul, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Established in the late 6th century, it was one of Iraq's oldest monasteries. It belonged to the Church of the East and then to the Chaldean Catholic Church.
The Monastery of Mar Behnam is also called Deir Al-Jubb (The Cistern Monastery). Situated in the Nineveh Plain near Nimrud about 32 km southwest of Mosul, it was built in the 4th century and expanded in the 12th or 13th century. The monastery is a great fort-like building rising next to the tomb of Mar Behnam. This was a prince who was killed ...
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But Christians there survived the latest onslaught, this time by Islamic State militants who took over one third of Iraq between 2014 and 2017, including the city of Mosul just 20 miles (32 km) to ...
Elijah (alternate spelling of Elias), a prophet of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament and the Qur'an; Mar Elias Educational Institutions, a set of Educational Institutes in Ibillin, Israel; Mar Elias Monastery, a Greek Orthodox Monastery between Jerusalem and Bethlehem; Mar Elias, a street in Beirut
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Dayro d-Mor Georgese is located in the city of Mosul, Northern Iraq. The Monastery is named after St. George.It was most likely built in the late 17th century. Pilgrims from different parts of the north visit it annually in spring, when many people travel to its surrounding areas on holiday.
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