Mar Behnam Monastery
Monastery of the Martyrs Mar Behnam and Marth Sarah, was a Syriac Orthodox till 19th century and it is a Syriac Catholic monastery in northern Iraq in the village Khidr Ilyas close to the town of Beth Khdeda.- Type: Church
- Description: syriac Catholic Monastery in Iraq
- Also known as: “Dayr Khiḑr al Yās, دير خضر الياس, Dayr Khidr al Yas, دير خضر الياس” and “Monastery of the Martyrs Mar Behnam and Marth Sarah”
- Address: Kirkuk-Mosul Road, Basatliya
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nimrud and Balawat.
Nimrud
Locality
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Nimrud is an ancient Assyrian city located in Iraq, 30 kilometres south of the city of Mosul, and 5 kilometres south of the village of Selamiyah, in the Nineveh Plains in Upper Mesopotamia. Nimrud is situated 8 km southwest of Mar Behnam Monastery.
Balawat
Village
Balawat is an archaeological site of the ancient Assyrian city of Imgur-Enlil, and modern village in Nineveh Province. It lies 25 kilometres southeast from the city of Mosul and 4 kilometres to the south of the modern Assyrian town of Bakhdida. Balawat is situated 9 km north of Mar Behnam Monastery.
Mar Behnam Monastery
- Categories: monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Al-Hamdaniya District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.13829° or 36° 8′ 18″ northLongitude
43.40555° or 43° 24′ 20″ eastOpen location code
8H854CQ4+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 2480188335OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q934579
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Mar Behnam Monastery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير الشهيدين مار بهنام وأخته مارت سارة”
- Arabic: “دير خضر الياس”
- Arabic: “دير مار بهنام”
- Central Kurdish: “دێری مار بەھنام”
- Finnish: “Mar Behnamin luostari”
- French: “Mar Behnam Monastere”
- French: “monastère des Saints Behnam et Sarah”
- French: “Monastère des Saints Behnam et Sarah”
- German: “Mar Behnam Kloster”
- German: “Mar-Behnam-Kloster”
- Hungarian: “Mar Behnám-kolostor”
- Indonesian: “Biara Mar Behnam”
- Indonesian: “Monasteri Mar Behnam”
- Japanese: “聖ベフナム修道院”
- Polish: “Klasztor Mar Behnam”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro dos Mártires São Behnam e sua irmã Sarah”
- Russian: “Мар Бехнам”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de los martires San Behnam y su hermana Sara”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de los mártires San Behnam y su hermana Sara”
- Turkish: “Mar Behnam Manastırı”
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