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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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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
The Monastery of Stoudios became the İmrahor Mosque. The Church of Saint John the Forerunner by-the-Dome became the Hirami Ahmet Pasha Mosque. The Church of Myrelaion became the Bodrum Mosque. The Catholic Church of Saint Paul became the Arap Mosque. The Lips Monastery became the Fenari Isa Mosque.
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In the aftermath of the Fall of Mosul, the relics of Saint Thomas were taken from the church by Nicodemus Daoud Sharaf, Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Mosul, [5] and transferred to the Monastery of Saint Matthew on 17 June 2014. [8] The church was used as a prison by Islamic State insurgents until the city's liberation in 2017. [5]
St. Elijah Cathedral, Haifa: the cathedral of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Akka. The Holy Land, where the Patriarch of Antioch has the style of Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem: Israel: Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Akka (including Haifa, Nazareth and all Galilee)