Churches in Mardin
Deyru'lumur Monastery ( Mor Gabriyel ) is in Midyat, 18 km.doğusunda Savur Mor Mor semun by Samuel Kartminli MS.397 ' is well built. The monastery has been 615'ten 1049'a up Bishopric Center .
Mor Behnam ( Forty ) Church 5th century also made. Shar Quarter. Altars decorated with fine stone carving three main gates , four hundred year-old wooden doors of the altar , with 1500 years of dye print curtains , a large bell tower in the courtyard and stone carvings that are almost like lace samples the couch. Bones of the forty martyrs were buried in the church in 1170 . Today, the church of the Metropolitan of Mardin .
St. Mary 's Church and the Patriarchate : Church built in 1860 by Patriarch Antoine Semheri rests on 21 pillars . Church : Belt , takes a round stone columns and banisters . Place of residence and the place of the Patriarch preached the Gospel , woodworking bunch shape with a completely different outlook . The church " Varnadrun the Spring " choir balcony acoustic qualities.
Patriarchate , Patriarch Ignatius of Antioch in 1895, was built by Benham Banni . Patriarchate was transferred to the Ministry of Culture in 1988 , was restored and used as a museum since 1995 .
A part of the old Patriarchate , the main street of the province in 1914-1915 to expand the work of the Germans destroyed iron wheel cars to pass . In 1958, the main street was widened, Public Space and the way it is today .
Church of Mor Yusuf (Surp Hovsep ) Member of Parliament was opened for worship in 1894 under the leadership of Hovsep Kazasyan . Column 21 in the church choir balcony is acoustic , there are many valuable icons .
Deyrul Zafaran Monastery ( Mor Ananias ) : AD 5 Deyrulzafaran century, the monastery was built , next to the magnificent architecture of the Assyrian Church is one of the most important centers . Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate was a place of residence for 640 years until 1932 .
The monastery , four kilometers east of Mardin , a charming mountain slope , the Mardin Plain dominant point. 5 three-storey monastery at different times from the 18th century into the present add-ons gained century . Although the plug-ins at different times, the monastery was built like a single air should also , this plugin shows buildings are talented at what the architects .
The monastery , BC Temple of the Sun , and later used by the Romans as a fortress was built on a complex . Brought from the region by the Romans withdrew from the fortress monastery of St Şleymun turned some of the bones of the saints .
For this reason, the monastery , the former Monastery of Mor Şleymun blinis - tired. Metropolitan of Mardin and Kefertüth Hananyo'nun St. Ma- 793 after it nastır a major renovation starting in his name , to be known as the Monastery of Mor Hananyo . 15th century that grew up around the monastery and then Zafaran ( saffron ) for plant Bitola, Dey - rulzafaran ( Saffron Monastery ) was known by the name .
The domes , arches, columns , wood crafts, indoor and outdoor stone embroideries Deyrulzafaran Monastery attracted the interest of the people , for the long history of the Assyrian Church was the center of religious education . The person who brought the first printing press in the region , and again in 1895 by the patriarch , who died in Bitola 4 Petrus'tur . During a visit to England in 1874, bought the Abbey in 1876 brought the printing press . Syriac, Arabic , including at the printing house until 1969 , until 1953, the Ottoman and Turkish books were published a monthly magazine called Self- Wisdom . Another part of the monastery is a part of the printing of the remaining parts are exhibited in the Church of the Forty Martyrs in Mardin .
Today is one of the important religious centers of the Assyrian Church of the monastery . Deyrulzafaran residence of metropolitan bishop of Mardin Monastery, the Assyrians are scattered all over the world to be visited by the prayers and blessings . Nevertheless , thousands of domestic and foreign tourists visit the monastery is short or the long way .
Mor Yakup Monastery (Nusaybin ) : Nusaybin District Center, the monastery Mor Mecusi temple until the martyrdom of Shabo and his 11 disciples . After the death of Jacob, on the ruins of the temple dedicated to the name Mor was built in MS.328 . There in the tomb . XIX. Priests used to live until centuries were . The perfection of a water droplet in stonework with faith and love which gives the impression of dancing among the stones
Midyat Virgin Mary Monastery in Midyat Anıtlı ( Hah) village . The opinion of local Suryani Virgin Mary Monastery, founded by three Mecusi'nin come to town.
Purple dimethyl Monastery: Savur County Dereici Village. From the monastery for its healing rheumatism sufferers "Rheumatism " The Monastery is also called .

