6th Century Assyrian Monastery Reopened in Southeastern Turkey
Posted 2018-04-16 19:05 GMT
A sixth-century Assyrian monastery in southeastern Batman province opened on Monday some 100 years after being abandoned. The monastery, founded by Mor Aho, an Assyrian monk who lived between 575-600 B.C., was left abandoned during the relocation of the Ottoman Armenians in 1915. Turkish authorities started its renovation last year to open the monastery for the small Assyrian community living in Batman's Gerc
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