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Monastery of St. Matthew

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Dayro d-Mor Mattai (; ; The Monastery of St. Matthew)Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Mor Matay — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܡܬܝ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/227. is a Syriac Orthodox Church monastery on Mount Alfaf in northern Iraq, 20 kilometers northeast of the city of Mosul. It is recognized as one of the oldest Christian monasteries in existence. Read more on Wikipedia

• type: monastery
• date from: 363 A.D.

Source: en.wikipedia.org