Mor Gabriel Monastery
The Monastery of Saint Gabriel, also known as Monastery of Qartmin, Deir el-ʿUmr, Deyrulumur, and in Turkish, Mor Gabriel Manastırı, is a Syriac Orthodox monastery located near Midyat in the Tur Abdin region of southeastern Turkey.
- Church
- …lies at an elevation of around 930 metres (3,040 feet)
- …has 2 floors
- …has a gabled roof
- Description: oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world
- Address: Mardin
- Also known as“Dayro d-Mor Gabriel”“Değirömer”“Derömer”“Mor Gabriel Manastiri”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Güngören and Yayvantepe.
Güngören
Village
Güngören is a village in the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province in Turkey.
Yayvantepe
Village
Yayvantepe is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province in Turkey.
3 km southwest of Mor Gabriel Monastery
Çandarlı
Village
Çandarlı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province in Turkey.
3½ km northeast of Mor Gabriel Monastery
Mor Gabriel Monastery
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Latitude
37.32179° or 37° 19′ 19″ north
Longitude
41.53848° or 41° 32′ 19″ east
Open location code
8H938GCQ+P9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity = place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building = church
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Mor Gabriel Monastery” goes by many names.
Mor Gabriël kloosterAfrikaans
دير مار كبرئيلArabic
Monestir de Mor GabrielCatalan
Klášter Mor GabrielCzech
Mor GabrielCzech
Mor GabrielDutch
Mor Gabriel-kloosterDutch
دير مار كبرئيلEgyptian Arabic
Biara Mor GabrielIndonesian
Monastero di Mor GabrielItalian
Mor GabrîelKurdish
مۆر گابریەلKurdish
ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܓܒܪܐܝܠOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܥܘܡܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܓܒܪܐܝܠOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
دیر مار جبرئیلPersian
Monastyr Mor GabrielPolish
Mănăstirea Mor GabrielRomanian
DerëmerRussian
Монастырь Мор-ГабриэльRussian
Manastir Mor GabrijelSerbian
Манастир Мор ГабријелSerbian
Klostret Mor GabrielSwedish
DeyrulumurTurkish
Deyrulumur ManastırıTurkish
Mor Gabriel ManastırıTurkish
ŞanlıTurkish
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