Tell ʿAda - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܬܠܥܕܐ
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“The Monastery of Tell ʿAda, also known as the ‘Great Monastery’, is located just over 48 km. from Aleppo; 1500 m. north of the present village of Tell ʿAda.” 1
Names
Place Type
monastery
Descriptions
“ܕܺܝܕܝܥ ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܪܰܒܳܐ ܕܰܒܬܰܝܡܰܢ ܛܘܪܳܐ ܕܣܶܡܥܰܐܢ ܘܰܒܓܰܪܒܰܝ ܬܰܠܥܕܰܐ ܩܪܺܝܬܳܐ ܡܰܪܕܶܐ ܥܶܣܪܝܢ ܩܰܛܝ̈ܢܳܢ ܡܶܢܗ ܒܟܘܪܳܐ ܕܐܰܢܛܝܘܟܺܝܰܐ ܫܰܬܐܣܶܗ ܐܰܡܝܰܐܢܘܣ ܥܶܢܘܳܝܐ ܕܰܕܟܺܝܪ ܠܰܢ ܡܶܢܟܰܕܘ ܩܕܳܡ ܫܢܰܬ 340 ܘܰܥܡܰܪ ܒܗ ܐܘܣܰܐܒܺܝܘܣ ܥܢܘܳܝܐ. ܐܶܬܕܰܟܪܘܗܝ ܬܶܐܘܕܘܪܺܝܛܳܘܣ ܕܩܽܘܪܘܣ ܘܝܘܚܰܢܢ ܕܐܶܦܶܣܘܣ ܘܒܰܫܢܰܬ 942 ܫܰܟܠܶܠ ܒܗ ܝܘܚܰܢܳܢ ܒܘܪܓܳܐ . ܐܰܦܶܩ ܬܶܫܥܳܐ ܐܶܦܝ̈ܣܩܘܦܐ ܘܫܰܪ̈ܟܳܢܰܘܗܝ ܩܰܝܳܡܝܢ ܥܕܰܡܳܐ ܠܝܰܘܡܳܢ.” 3
“المعروف بالدير الكبير؛ في جنوبي جبل سمعان وشمالي قرية تلعدا مسير عشرين دقيقة منها في كورة انطاكية شيده اميانس الناسك المذكور آنفاً قبل سنة 340 واقام فيه اوسابيوس الناسك. ذكره ثاودريطس القورشي ويوحنا الا فسسي، وسنة 942 عمر فيه يوحنا السادس برجاً انجب تسعة اساقفة واطلاله اليوم ماثلة” 4
“537. Tell ʿAda, Monastery of” 1
“also known as the Great Monastery, is situated south of Siman mountain, a twenty-minute walk north of the village of Talʿada, in the province of Antioch. It was built before 340 by Amian the ascetic and in it resided Eusebius the ascetic (both men are mentioned above). This monastery is mentioned by chroniclers Theodoret of Cyrus and John of Ephesus. In 942, Patriarch John built a tower there. It produced nine bishops. Its remains can still be seen today.” 5
Notes
In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description “ܕܐܶܦܶܣܘܣ” should read “ܕܶܐܦܶܣܘܣ” .
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- 1 J. A. Loopstra, "Tell ʿAda, Monastery of." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 398.
- 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 64, 69, 184, 377, 398, 432, map: Map II.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 544.
- 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: 510.
- 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: 570.
- 6 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: monastery of Tell Ada.
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