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    Dayro d-Mor Mattai (Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܡܬܝ; Arabic: دير مار متى; The Monastery of St. Matthew) is a Syriac Orthodox Church monastery on Mount Alfaf in...
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  • chrism was agreed and confirmed the merger of the dioceses of the Mor Mattai Monastery and of Tikrit. Towards the middle of the 12th century, many Syriac...
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    changing the see location from the traditional Mor Mattai Monastery. An agreement was reached to return to Mar Mattai, with the tradition to visit Bartella regularly...
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    Mor Mattai Monastery (Dayro d-Mor Mattai) in, Bartella is one of the oldest Christian monasteries and is famous for its magnificent library...
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    city of Mosul for half a century, before settling in the nearby Monastery of Mar Mattai (still belonging to the Syriac Orthodox Church) and thus not far...
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    Tikrit had to relocate to the Mor Mattai Monastery, where a village named Merki was established in the valley below the monastery. A later governor permitted...
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    in the Middle East Religion in the Middle East Mor Mattai Monastery List of churches and monasteries in Nineveh Delegation Apostolic of Mesopotamia,...
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    Mor Mattai Monastery...
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  • Saint Matthew the Hermit (Arabic: القديس مار متى الناسك; Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܡܬܝ Mor Mattai) was a 4th-century Christian priest. He is venerated as a saint in the...
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    Azerbaijan. The many Armenian churches and monasteries in the region, such as the notable St. Thaddeus Monastery, are extant remainders of this. Other significantly...
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