Monastery of Mar Awgin

Monastery of Mor Augin
The Monastery of Mor Augin from the northern point of view
Monastery of Mar Awgin is located in Turkey
Monastery of Mar Awgin
Location within Turkey
Monastery information
OrderSyriac Orthodox Church, Assyrian Church of the East (until the 17th century)
Dedicated toSaint Awgin
Site
LocationNear Nusaybin,  Turkey
Coordinates37°10′04″N 41°24′30″E / 37.167739°N 41.408318°E / 37.167739; 41.408318

Monastery of Mor Augin (Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܘܓܝܢ, romanized: The Monastery of St. Augin, Arabic: دير مار أوجين) is a Christian monastery located in southeastern Turkey and is 40 kilometers from Nusaybin.[1]

History

The monastery was founded in the first half of the fourth century AD by Saint Awgin, a monk from El Kulzom, Egypt.[2] Mor Augin came with seventy of his disciples to preach Christianity in Mardin Province which was controlled by the Sasanian Empire.

The monastery originally belonged to the Assyrian Church of the East until the 17th century. The last monks belonging to the Church of the East left the monastery between 1838-1842. Near the monastery are the ruins of the former Church of the East monasteries of Mar Yuhanon, Mar Abraham the Elder, and Mar Malke.[3]

In 1915 Sayfo the monks witnessed the destruction of Syriac villages in the plains below. The monastery was also affected by violence.[4]

References

  1. ^ دير مار اوجين بجبل الازل
  2. ^ Saint Okeen
  3. ^ Baumer, Christoph (2016-09-05). The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83860-933-7.
  4. ^ Karlsson, Klas-Göran; Hintlian, George; Gaunt, David; Småberg, Maria; Gunner, Göran; Avedian, Vahagn; Khardalian, Suzanne; Karlsson, Maria (2015). In Times of Genocide, 1915-2015: report from a conference on the Armenian Genocide and Syriac Seyfo (in Swedish). Studieförbundet Bilda. p. Title page. ISBN 978-91-976398-8-0.


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