Monastery of Mor Augin

Monastery of Mor Augin
Location within Turkey
Monastery information
Order Syriac Orthodox Church
Dedicated to Mor Augin
Site
Location Near Nusaybin,  Turkey
Coordinates 37°06′50″N 41°15′18″E / 37.1138°N 41.2550°E / 37.1138; 41.2550

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.[1]

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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