Mardin (Saffron monastery)

Mardin (Kurdish: Mêrdîn) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province is known for its Arab-style architecture, and for its strategic location on a rocky mountain overlooking the plains of northern Syria. Mardin has a very mixed population, Turks, Arabs and Kurds all represent large groups. Mardin is an Aramaic word and means "fortresses". The earliest settlers in Mardin were Assyrian Christians, arriving in the 3rd century AD; in fact, the old Assyro-Babylonian religion existed in Mardin until the 18th century. Most Syriac Orthodox churches and monasteries in the city, which are still active today, date from the 5th century AD, such as the Deyrülzafarân Monastery shown in the video. Mor Hananyo Monastery is an important Syriac Orthodox monastery near the city of Mardin, which is better known by its nickname, the 'Saffron Monastery'. This name is derived from the warm colour of its stone. The monastery acquired its present, official name from Saint Hananyo (the Syriac equivalent of Ananias, which is its Greek form), who was Metropolitan of Kfartuta from 793 to 800. Saint Hananyo renovated the monastery 793. Founded in 493 AD, the monastery was formerly the seat of the patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1160 until 1932 where it relocated to Damascus.

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• Mardin
• Deyrülzafarân
• Manastırı
• Saffron
• monastery
• Mêrdîn
• Mor
• Hananyo
• Syriac
• Orthodox
• Church

[kemelakkurt]

Wow I Love my city Mardin. The people on the video are speaking arabic

[MariaJBogaerts]

Merhaba Mardinli,

Mesajın için çok teşekkür ederim. Hollanda'da uzun zamandan beri oturuyor musun?

Ben Hollandalıyım ve eşimle 2010'da Türkiye'ye taşınmak isterim. Dalyan'da oturmak isteriz. Temmuz 2005 senede Doğu Türkiye'yi gezdik. Butün seyahat çok güzeldi ve Mardin gerçekten çok güzel bir şehir. Ne yazık ki Mardin'in eski sokaklar çok dar. Bu nedenle videyo çekmek hemen hemen imkânsızdı.

Selamlar,

Maria Jonker

[kemelakkurt]

Hallo Maria Jonker,

Ik ben geboren in Mardin, maar getogen in Nederland(tijdens vakantie van mijn moeder geboren). Ik wil in de toekomst ook erg graag in Mardin wonen.

Groetjes,

Kemal Akkurt

[MariaJBogaerts]

Leuk streven, Kemal!

Ik vond de omgeving van Mardin - Sanliurfa - Harran werkelijk geweldig mooi.

Mogelijk gaan ik en mijn echtgenoot voordat we ons in Dalyan vestigen eerst enkele maanden naar Gaziantep, waar deze zomer een talenschool is gestart, bemenst met NL en ENG docenten die het talenonderwijs in de regio willen promoten om de regio een betere handelspositie te geven.

Lijkt me een geweldige uitdaging ...

Groeten,

Maria / Meryem

[badboysederi]

very nice süryaniii

[MariaJBogaerts]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[FreshFair]

it looks peacefull.. my boyfriend lives in mardin and i maybe want to live there to .. but its so different from holland. x sam.

[KOSRALIKOYU]

AH gunde hesana AH kud YA

[KiraWei1]

@KiraWei1 And is it just duduk and singing?

[KiraWei1]

What is the music? It is so beautiful.

[ellocatto]

not evrything is assyria my friend

[yohanun]

The heart of Assyria, God bless.

[dunyaye1]

Beautiful video. I just want to correct some thing. This is not based on Arab-style architecture, but Syriac-style. Just look at the decorations in the Syriac Bible (Bible of the first centuries A.D.). The architecture is based on the decorations.

[HuSaYiN91]

Beste maria mooi filmpje ik heb heel youtube afgezocht naar video materiaal naar het dorp waar mijn roots liggen

ik dank u hiervoor!

[CreationistsWON]

It's aramean not assyrian

[TheIslamKurdistan]

KURDISTAN MARDIN 47