Mor Loozor Monastery
The Mor Loozor (Saint Lazarus ) Monastery is an abandoned and partly ruinous Syrian monastery in Turkey . It is located on a hill about 1 km from the village of Mercimekli (formerly Habsnas or Habsus) near the city of Midyat in the province of Mardin .
description
It is believed that the monastery of Simeon de-Zayte (Syrian ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܙܝ̈ܬܐ, shim'on de-zayte , Turkish Şemun dı-Zayte, German "Simeon of the olives"), a Syrian spiritualist , on the ruins of a Zoroastrian temple was founded or renewed in the 5th or 6th century. The monastery is surrounded by a three meter high stone wall. The abandoned buildings of the monastery are still preserved, but they were badly damaged by treasure hunters in 2008.
literature
- Hans Hollerweger, Lebendiges Kulturerbe, living cultural heritage, canlı kältür mirası - Turabdin. Where the language of Jesus is spoken, Linz 1999.
- Zeynep Gül Küçük, Mardin çevresinde Süryaniler, Ankara 2013 (Turkish).
See also
Web links
- Tour of the ruins YouTube video 4:42
Individual evidence
- ↑ Şükran Yaşar, Mor Loozor Manastırı , in: Mukaddime 2010, issue 2, pp. 119–130.
- ↑ On Simeon de-Zayte cf. Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent et al .: Simeon ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܙܝ̈ܬܐ. In: Qadishe: A Guide to the Syriac Saints (Gateway to the Syriac Saints, I). August 17, 2016, accessed May 21, 2019 . and Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent et al .: Simeon of the Olives (text) ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܙܝ̈ܬܐ. In: Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica. November 5, 2015, accessed May 21, 2019 .
- ↑ radical Gazetesi haberi. January 16, 2012, accessed May 21, 2019 (Turkish).
Coordinates: 37 ° 27 '43.2 " N , 41 ° 20' 5.8" E