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Monastery of Mar Awgin

Monastery of Mor Augin (Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܘܓܝܢ, romanized: The Monastery of St. Augin, Arabic: دير مار أوجين) is a Christian monastery located in southeastern Turkey and is 40 kilometers from Nusaybin.[1]

Monastery information

Syriac Orthodox Church

Saint Awgin

Near Nusaybin,  Turkey

37°10′04″N 41°24′30″E / 37.167739°N 41.408318°E / 37.167739; 41.408318

History[edit]

The monastery was founded in the first half of the fourth century AD by Saint Awgin, a monk from El Kulzom, Egypt.[2] Mor Augin came with seventy of his disciples to preach Christianity in Mardin Province which was controlled by the Sasanian Empire.


In 1915 Sayfo the monks witnessed the destruction of Syriac villages in the plains below. The monastery was also affected by violence.[3]