Rabban Hormizd Monastery - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Rabban Hormizd Monastery - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Rabban Hormizd Monastery ()Thomas A. Carlson, “Rabban Hormizd — ܪܒܢ ܗܘܪܡܝܙܕ ܥܓ̰ܡܝܐ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified December 9, 2016, http://syriaca.org/place/168. is an important monastery of the Assyrian Church of The East, and the Chaldean Catholic Church, founded about 640 AD by the Assyrian Church of The East, carved out in the mountains about 2 miles from Alqosh, Iraq, 28 miles north of Mosul. It was the official residence of the patriarchs of the Eliya line of the Assyrian Church of The East from 1551 to the 18th century, and after the union with Rome in the early 19th century, it became a prominent monastery of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia
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