Dayr al-Ṣalīb - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܨܠܝܒܐ

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A monastery by Defne.

Names

  • ܕܝܪܐ ܕܨܠܝܒܐ
  • Dayr al-Ṣalīb1
  • ܕܰܝܪܐ ܕܡܰܟ̣ܰܪ2
  • ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܕܰܨܠܝܒܐ2
  • دير الصليب3
  • دير مَخَر3
  • Makhr Monastery4
  • Monastery of the Cross4

Place Type

monastery

Descriptions

ܕܺܝܕܺܝܥ ܝܰܘܡܳܢ ܕܰܝܪܐ ܕܡܰܟ݂ܰܪ ܗ̄ ܘܰܐܕܺܝ ܟܽܘܪܕܳܐܝܬ. ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܙܥܘܽܪܐ ܒܓܶܒ ܕܶܦܢܗ ܩܪܺܝܬܐ ܒܐܽܘܪܚܐ ܕܚܰܣܢ ܟܺܐܦܐ. ܐܶܬܒܢܺܝ ܗܰܝܟܠܗ ܒܰܬܚܘ̈ܡܰܝ ܫܢܰܬ 770 ܚܪܶܒ ܒܰܩܪܳܒܐ ܕܰܥܒܰܪ ܒܩܶܛܠܐ ܕܐܰܚܪܳܝܐ ܕܕܰܝܪ̈ܳܝܰܘܗܝ ܩܳܡܘ ܡܢܗ ܬܠܬܐ ܐܶܦܝܣܩܘ̈ܦܐ.2
المعروف اليوم بدير مَخَر اي الوادي بالكردية، دير صغير بجانب قرية دفنة في طريق حصن كيفا بنى هيكله في حدود سنة 770 اندثر في الحرب الماضية بقتل آخر رهبانه، نشأ منه ثلاثة اساقفة.3
a small monastery near the village of Dafna on the way to Ḥiṣn Kifa, now called Makhr or Wadi in Kurdish. Its church, built in 770, was destroyed in World War I and the last of its monks was killed. Three bishops graduated from it.4
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 357.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 548.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 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.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 4 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: 562.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Dayr al-Ṣalīb — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܨܠܝܒܐ ” last modified January 14, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/367.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Dayr al-Ṣalīb — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܨܠܝܒܐ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2014. Entry published January 14, 2014. http://syriaca.org/place/367.

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Entry Title: Dayr al-Ṣalīb — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܨܠܝܒܐ

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