Mar Mattai Monastery

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Mar Mattai Monastery is an ancient Syriac Orthodox monastery near Mosul in northern Iraq, renowned as a historic center of Christian monasticism and scholarship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian monastery
Syriac Orthodox monastery
religious building
architecturalStyle Syriac monastic architecture
associatedWith Assyrian/Syriac Christian community
Christian minority in Iraq
contains chapels
churches
monastic cells
monastic library
country Iraq
dedicatedTo Saint Matthew the Hermit NERFINISHED
foundedBy Mar Mattai NERFINISHED
Saint Matthew the Hermit NERFINISHED
a Syrian monk fleeing persecution
foundedInCentury 4th century
foundedInEra late Roman period
governedBy Syriac Orthodox archbishop
hasFunction center of theological learning
monastic community
pilgrimage site
scriptorium
hasStatus important pilgrimage destination for Syriac Orthodox Christians
one of the oldest Christian monasteries in Iraq
hasViewOver Nineveh Plains NERFINISHED
heritage Syriac Christian heritage
knownFor Christian monasticism
Syriac scholarship
ancient manuscripts
monastic school
languageOfLiturgy Aramaic
Syriac
locatedIn Nineveh Governorate NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion northern Iraq NERFINISHED
locatedNear Mosul NERFINISHED
locatedOn Al-Faf Mountain NERFINISHED
Mount Alfaf NERFINISHED
namedAfter Saint Matthew the Hermit NERFINISHED
near ancient city of Nineveh
partOf Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch NERFINISHED
religiousAffiliation Oriental Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED
Syriac Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
religiousOrder Syriac Orthodox monasticism
subjectOf Syriac hagiographical traditions
tradition West Syriac rite
usedFor Christian liturgical celebrations
monastic retreats
religious festivals

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Bar Hebraeus burialPlace Mar Mattai Monastery