Mor Matay — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܡܬܝ
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Mor Matay; ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܡܬܝ; ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܡܬܝ; دير مار متى; Matthew Monastery; monastery of Mar Mattay; Mār Mattai; دير متى
Located on the Alfof Mountain, known in Arabic as Jabal Maqlūb, 35 km. northeast of Mosul, the monastery is mostly known by its Arabic name Dayr Mār Mattā.
364. Matay, Dayro d-Mor
ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܪܰܒܐ ܐܶܬܒܢܺܝ ܒܰܐܚܪ̈ܳܝܬܗ̇ ܕܡܰܐܬܐ ܪܒܝܥܳܝܬܐ ܘܰܗܘܐ ܟܘܪܣܝܳܐ ܡܝܛܪܘܦܘܠܝܛܳܝܳܐ ܘܗܳܟܰܢ ܗܘ ܥܕܰܡܐ ܠܝܰܘܡܳܢ. ܩܰܒܠ ܒܕܳܪܗ ܩܰܕܡܳܝܐ ܟܶܢܫܳܐ ܣܰܓܝܐܐ ܕܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ. ܘܐܶܫܬܰܚܠܰܦܘ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܙܰܒܢ̈ܐ ܥܕܰܡܐ ܕܐܶܬܚܰܕܬ ܫܢܰܬ 1845 ܐܰܦܩ ܬܪܝܢ ܦܰܛܪܝܰܪ̈ܟܐ ܘܫܬܐ ܡܰܦܪ̈ܝܳܢܐ ܘܰܬܠܬܝܢ ܘܰܬܠܬܐ ܐܶܦܝܣܩܘ̈ܦܐ.
دير عظيم رفع بناؤه اواخر المئة الرابعة وصار كرسيا مطرانيا وهو كذلك الى وقتنا هذا حوى في حقبته الاولى جماً من الرهبان غفيراً وتقلبت به الاحوال حتى جدد عام 1845 انجب بطريركين وستة مفارنة وثلاثة وثلاثين اسقفا.
a large monastery, built at the end of the fourth century, it became a metropolitan see and still holds that honor today. At the beginning it housed a great number of monks. It suffered many changes and calamities until it was renovated in 1845. It produced two Patriarchs, six Maphryonos and thirty bishops.
location: 36.491605 43.392187
event: 1224/1228, Attestation of name دير متى in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: 0628–2013
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/227
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874581
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Mattai_monastery
identifier: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Mar_Mattai_monastery
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=m&sK=monastery of Mar Mattay&sT=keywords
G. A. Kiraz 364. Matay, Dayro d-Mor The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 280-281
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 24, 39, 45, 55, 61 (with fig. 20), 63, 66, 141, 178, 208, 217, 224, 264, 273, 280–281 (with fig. 73, 74), 294, 309, 343–344, 347, 357, 372, 375, 430 Map II C1
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 552
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 514
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 566
The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity monastery of Mar Mattay
David Wilmshurst The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913 188, 200, 201, 202, 258
http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874581
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī II:602