Mar Oraha Monastery
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mar-oraha-monastery-255-1661927
title:
Mar Oraha Monastery
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Dayra d'Mar Oraha is a Chaldean Catholic monastery in northern Iraq close to the town of Batnaya. The monastery is traditionally attributed to Mar Oraha, who was forced to abandon his hermitage in Mount Alfaf due to a draught, and descended to the plains of Nineveh, where he built his monastery during Ishoʿyahb I's patriarchy (581-596). It was occupied by monks of the Church of the East until 1719, when it passed to the Chaldean Catholic Church. The monastery was completely destroyed and its mon
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Chaldean Catholic Monastery in Iraq
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Oraha_Monastery
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2022-10-13T08:33:49Z
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