Order Syriac Orthodox Church Location Near Nusaybin, Turkey | Dedicated to Mor Augin | |
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Prayer in the monastery of mor augin tur abdin
Dayro d-Mor Augin (Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܘܓܝܢ;The Monastery of St. Augin, Arabic,دير مار اوجين) is located in southeastern Turkey and is 40 kilometers from Nusaybin.
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History
The monastery was founded in the first half of the fourth century AD by Mor Augin who was a Coptic monk. Mor Augin came with seventy of his disciples to preach Christianity in Mardin Province which was controlled by the Sasanian Empire.
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