The Mongolians failed to destroy it 700 years ago despite the massacre of 40 friars and 400 Christians. Yet the existence of the oldest functioning Christian monastery in the world, the fifth century ...

Established in 397 A.D., the Mor Gabriel Monastery bears exceptional significance for Syriacs, as it stands on par with Muslims' "Al Aqsa Mosque" for the Syriac community, trains half of all their ...

Turkey is home to one of the oldest Christian populations in the world. The Suriyani Christian population almost collapsed, as many fled to Europe during years of fighting between government forces ...

Mardin (Agenzia Fides) – The lands belonging to the ancient Monastery of Mor Gabriel, situated in the south-eastern Turkish province of Mardin, have at last been returned to the Syrian-Orthodox ...

Muslim leaders are trying to destroy it, and have sued the monastery for alleged proselytism. A spiritual and cultural center for the Syriac Orthodox, it still uses ancient Aramaic, the language ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - Syriac communities outside Turkey have reacted against recent remarks by EU Minister Egemen Bağış apparently denigrating the value of the Mor Gabriel Monastery, Hurriyet Daily News ...

Hundreds of Syriac Orthodox Christians gathered at Mor Gabriel Monastery in Tur Abdin in Mardin (Mêrdîn), southeast Turkey on Saturday to honour Saint Mor Gabriel, a revered figure known for his ...

The group "Aktion Mor Gabriel" in Germany, held a protest demonstration in Berlin (AINA 1-27-2009) against Turkey's attempts to confiscate the Mor Gabriel Monastery. According to official figures from ...

MIDYAT, Turkey (Reuters) - In a remote village near the Turkish-Syrian border, a land dispute with neighboring villages is threatening the future of one of the world's oldest functioning Christian ...

Muslim leaders are trying to destroy it, and have sued the monastery for alleged proselytism. A spiritual and cultural center for the Syriac Orthodox, it still uses ancient Aramaic, the language ...