Visitors at Mor Gabriel Monastery, in Midyat, Mardin, Tur Abdin, Anatolia Province, Turkey

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Dayro d-Mor Gabriel (Classical Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܓܒܪܐܝܠ; the Monastery of Saint Gabriel), or Deyrulumur, is the oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world. It is located on the Tur Abdin plateau near Midyat in the Mardin Province in southeastern Turkey. It was established in 397 by the ascetic Mor Shmu'el (Samuel) and his student Mor Shem'un (Simon). According to the legend , Shem'un had a dream in which an Angel commanded him to build a House of Prayer in a location marked with three large stone blocks. When Shem'un awoke, he took his teacher to the place and found the stone the angel had placed. At this spot Mor Gabriel Monastery built.

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Location: Güngören, Güngören Köyü Yolu No:46, 47510 Midyat/Mardin, Türkiye
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