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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 ...
St. Elijah's Monastery (Dair Mar Elia): Dating from the 6th century, it was the oldest Christian Monastery in Iraq, until its destruction by IS in January 2016. [96] [97] Other Christian historical buildings: The Roman Catholic Church (built by the Dominican Fathers in Nineveh Street in 1893) Mar Michael; Mar Elias; Mar Oraha
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 ...
Mar Oraha Monastery; Monastery of Saint Elijah; ... St. George's Monastery (Mosul) This page was last edited on 6 April 2019, at 06:47 (UTC). Text ...
Eastern Catholic monasteries in Iraq (3 P) O. ... Monastery of Saint Elijah This page was last edited on 29 November 2019, at 23:25 (UTC). ...
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St Elijah or variant, may refer to: St. Elijah's Church (disambiguation) Mount St Elijah, a massif in Israel; Monastery of Saint Elijah, Nineveh, Iraq; See also