Mor Abḥai - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܒܚܝ
Names
Place Type
monastery
Descriptions
“ܥܰܠ ܣܶܦܬܳܐ ܕܰܦܪܳܬ ܕܝܰܡܝܢܐ ܡܰܪܕܶܐ ܦܶܠܓܘܬ ܫܳܥܐ ܡܶܢ ܥܘܪܒܝܫ ܩܪܺܝܬܐ ܕܰܒܩܰܪܝܒܘܬ ܓܰܪܓܰܪ ܐܶܬܒܢܝ ܒܳܬܰܪ ܡܰܐܬܐ ܚܡܝܺܫܳܝܬܐ. ܘܐܶܬܕܰܟܪܗ ܡܰܟܬܰܒܙܰܒ̈ܢܐ ܒܪܝܫܐ ܕܡܰܐܬܐ ܬܫܝܥܳܝܬܳܐ ܘܐܰܘܠܶܕ ܠܥܺܕܬܳܐ ܚܰܕ ܦܰܛܪܝܰܪܟܐ ܘܐܰܪܒܥܣܪ ܐܶܦܝܣܩ̈ܘܦܐ ܘܥܰܡܝܪ ܗܘܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܪܝܫ ܡܰܐܬܐ ܘܰܬܡܳܢܥܶܣܪ̈ܐ ܘܚܰܪ̈ܒܬܗ ܩܰܝ̈ܡܳܢ ܥܕܰܡܐ ܠܝܰܘܡܳܢ.”2
“علي ضفة الفرات اليمنى مسيرة نصف ساعة من قرية عوربيش بقرب كركرانشيء بعد المئة الخامسة؟ و ذكره التاريخ صدر المئة التاسعة. وانجب بطريركاً واربعة عشر اسقفاً وظلّ عامرا آهلاً حتى صدر المئة الثامنة عشر وبقي منه اطلال”3
“or the Monastery of the Ladders, is on the right bank of the Euphrates, a half-hour journey from the village of ʿUrbīsh, near Karkar. It was established sometime after the fifth century and was first mentioned by historians in the beginning of the ninth century. It produced one Patriarch and fourteen bishops. It was inhabited until the beginning of the eighteenth century. Some of its ruins are still standing.”4
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- 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 60.
- 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991)., p: 541.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987)., p: 507.
- 4 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 560.
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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Mor Abḥai
— ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܒܚܝ
” last modified February 6, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/335.
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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Mor Abḥai — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܒܚܝ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2014. Entry published February 6, 2014. http://syriaca.org/place/335.About this Entry
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