Dayr al-Suryān - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ

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“Monastery situated halfway between Cairo and Alexandria in Wadi al-Natrun, ancient Scetis, Egypt.” 1

Names

ܕܝܪܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ
Dayr al-Suryān2
ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ3
دير السريان4
Convent of S. Mary Deipara, in the desert of Scete, in Egypt8
Deir al-Surian6
Monastery of the Syrians2, 5
Saint Mary Deipara (West Syrian)7

Place Type

monastery

Descriptions

“ܕܰܒܫܶܡ ܡܳܪܬܰܢ ܒܬܘܠܬܐ ܒܡܰܕܒܪܳܐ ܕܐܶܣܩܺܝܛܝ ܒܡܶܨܪܝܢ. ܡܶܣܬܒܰܪ ܒܶܢܝܳܢܗ ܒܕܳܪܳܐ ܚܡܝܫܳܝܳܐ ܙܰܒܢܗ ܡܰܪܘܬܶܐ ܬܰܓܪܝܬܳܝܐ ܬܰܓܳܪܐ ܣܘܪܝܳܝܳܐ ܒܡܶܨܥܳܝ̈ܬܳܗ̇ ܕܡܰܐܬܳܐ ܫܬܝܬܳܝܬܳܐ ܘܫܰܟܢܗ ܠܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܳܝܐ. ܥܳܡܪܺܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܗ ܫܢܰܬ 1084 ܫܰܒܥܺܝܢ ܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ. ܘܩܰܘܝ ܡܝܰܬܰܒ ܒܗܽܘܢ ܥܕܰܡܳܐ ܠܦܶܠܓܳܗ̇ ܕܡܰܐܬܳܐ ܕܰܫܒܰܥܣܶܪ̈ܐ ܘܗܳܫܐ ܥܳܡܪܝܢ ܒܗ ܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܐܝܺܓܘܦܛܳܝ̈ܐ. ” 3

“باسم السيدة العذرآء في برية الاسقيط بمصر، يظن بنآؤه في القرن الخامس ابتاعه ماروثا التكريتي التاجر السرياني في اواسط المئة السادسة واوقفه على رهبان السريان وكان يحوي منهم سبعين راهباً عام 1084 وظلّ آهلا بهم الى منتصف المئة السابعة عشرة ويسكنه في هذا الوقت رهبان اقباط ” 4

“523. al-Suryān, Dayr” 1

“Monastery situated halfway between Cairo and Alexandria in Wadi al-Natrun, ancient Scetis, Egypt.” 1

“this monastery was built in the name of the Virgin in the Scete desert in Egypt, perhaps in the fifth century. In the middle of the sixth century the Syrian merchant Marutha of Takrit bought it and dedicated it to the Syrian monks, whose number reached seventy in 1084. Inhabited by Syrian monks until the seventeenth century, it is presently inhabited by Coptic monks.” 5

Notes

In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description “ܕܐܶܣܩܺܝܛܝ” and “ܕܰܫܒܰܥܣܶܪ̈ܐ” should read “ܕܶܐܣܩܺܝܛܝ” and “ܕܰܫܒܰܥܶܣܪ̈ܐ” respectively.

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Works Cited

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1 L. Van Rompay523. al-Suryān, DayrThe Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritagep: 386-387., p: 386-387.
2 Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 2, 27, 40–41 (with fig. 14), 43–44, 77, 89, 91, 103–106 (with fig. 37, 38), 109, 183, 209 (fig. 58), 210, 215, 245, 246, 248, 252, 262, 301–302 (with fig. 89, 90), 313, 317, 321 (with fig. 96), 326, 343, 367, 369 (fig. 110), 373, 386–387 (with fig. 113), 396, 427, 450.
3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 546-547.
4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 511.
5 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003), p: 569.
6 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Deir al-Surian.
7 David Wilmshurst, The ecclesiastical organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, vol. 582; Subsidia, tomus 104 (Leuven: Peeters, 2000), p: 10.
8 William Wright, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1838 (London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1870-1872), vol: III, p: 1261-1262.

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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Dayr al-Suryān — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2014. Entry published February 6, 2014. http://syriaca.org/place/360.

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Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
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