“Said to be located on the site of the Last Supper and named after the Evangelist, the monastery is situated on Mount Zion in Jerusalem.” 1
Brief Descriptions
- “ܒܐܘܪܫܠܡ ܘܡܶܬܝܕܥ ܕܰܝܪܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܕܰܝܪܐ ܥܰܬܝܩܐ. ܣܳܠܶܩ ܒܶܢܝܳܢܗ ܠܕܳܪܐ ܚܡܝܫܳܝܐ ܐܰܘ ܫܬܝܬܳܝܐ ܘܣܳܗܕܐ ܠܗ̇ ܠܗܳܕܐ ܟܬܝܒܬܳܐ ܣܘܪܝܳܝܬܐ ܐܶܣܛܪܰܢܓܶܠܳܝܬܐ ܕܐܶܬܚܰܙܝܰܬ ܒܥܺܕܬܗ ܫܢܰܬ 1940 ܘܗܽܘܝܘ ܝܰܘܡܳܢ ܟܘܪܣܝܳܐ ܕܡܝܛܪܘܦܘܠܝܛܘܬܢ ܘܡܰܥܡܪܐ ܠܕܰܝܪ̈ܳܝܰܝܢ ܡܢ ܫܢܰܬ 1472 ܘܐܝܬ ܒܗ ܒܶܝܬ ܓܙܐ ܕܰܟܬܳܒ̈ܐ ܪ̈ܝܫܳܝܐ ܘܡܰܛܒܥܬܐ ܘܰܗܘܐ ܡܢܗ ܫܰܒܥܐ ܡܝܛܪ̈ܘܦܘܠܝܛܐ” 3
- “باورشليم ويعرف بدير السريان دير قديم ترقى عمارته الى المئة الخامسة او السادسة يشهد بهذا اثر سرياني اسطرنجيلي ظهر في بيعته عام 1940 وهو اليوم كرسي مطرانيتنا ومسكن رهباننا من سنة 1472 وفيه خزانة كتب نفيسة ومطبعة ونشأ منه سبعة مطارنة.” 4
- “354. Mark, Monastery of St.” 1
- “both located in Jerusalem. St. Mark is also known as the Monastery of the Syrians. It is an old monastery, built in the fifth or sixth century, according to an Estrangelo Syriac inscription on a stone discovered in 1940. Today it is the see of our metropolitan and it has been the home of our monks since 1472. The monastery has a magnificent library and a press. It has produced seven bishops.” 5
Errata
Moosa's English translation of Barsoum's description erroneously implies "Mark the Evangelist Monastery" and "Monastery of the Virgin" are two separate monasteries, when they are two names for the same monastery.
Works Cited
Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.
- 1 G. A. Kiraz, "Mark, Monastery of St." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 269-270.
- 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 5, 63, 130, 183, 228, 269–270 (with fig. 69), 358, 360.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 552-553.
- 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: 514.
- 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: 566.
- 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 St Mark.
- 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: 13, 68.
Names
- ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܡܪܩܘܣ ܐܘܢܓܠܝܣܛܐ ܘܕܡܪܬܝ ܡܪܝܡ
- St. Mark
- ܕܰܝܪܐ ܕܡܳܪܝ ܡܰܪܩܘܣ ܐܶܘܰܢܓܠܝܣܛܐ ܘܰܕܡܳܪܬܝ ܡܰܪܝܰܡ3
- ܕܰܝܪܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ3
- دير السريان4
- دير مار مرقس الانجيلي و السيدة العذرآء4
- Mark the Evangelist Monastery and the Virgin Monastery5
- monastery of St Mark6
- Monastery of St. Mark2
- Monastery of the Syrians5
- Saint Mark's (West Syrian)7
How to Cite This Entry
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Additional Credit:
- Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson
- Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
- Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
- Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
- 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 Daniel L. Schwartz