Kefshenne

Districts of Şırnak

Kayalı (Syriac: ܟܐܦ ܫܢܐ, Kefshenne: "stone of peace") is a small historically Aramaic importing village in the southeast of Turkey, in Şırnak Province, near Mardin Province.

Kayalı is between the cities of Midyat and İdil (Azekh, Beth zabday) near the Syriac Orthodox Mor Gabriel Monastery.

Kafshenne ܟܦܫܢܐ

Is the village Kefshenne sit in the Southeastern of Turkey in Bazebdey area near to Azekh (Beth-zabday) İdil , and Hedil - Esfes - Miden villages in Turabdin ,Its name in Turkey is (Kayalı), Kefshenne (ܟܦܫܢܐ) is its ancient name means (the stone of peace, or: the big rock) in Aramaic Syriac language, because of the rock of Saint Basous (388 A.C باسوس، ܒܳܣܘܣ) , on the entrance of Kefshenne, between Hidil (Kayi) and Kefshenne, that the saint was martyred on that rock in the fourth century, and the Monastery of Saint Basous is still there in Hidil near to Kefshenne (2 km), in adition of the church of saint Mary (Yoldath Aloho) of Kefshenne in the middle of the village that still until now after about 70 years of the leaving of the Christians of Kefshenne and its villages: Garesa and Hidil to Syria -Jordan - Jerusalem and Iraq between 1920- 1931 after Sayfo genocide of 1915_1923,and some of them these 20 years went from Derik (Al-Malkyea)- Syria to Sweeden and other countries. and the last priest of Kefshenne was Qashisho Shamoun Sherine (from Saba village).

The meaning of the name of Kafshenne

Kefshenne is the Syriac name of the village (Kayalı, Idil) in the southeast of Turkey, but it is the same meanning that was in Syriac (ܟܦܫܢܐ) that means the rock or (ܟܐܦ ܫܝܢܐ (Kefo dshaino or Kef sheno)) that means the stone of peace, beacause of the miracle of St.Bassus (388 A.C) that made on the rock between Kefshenne and Hidil (Kayı) in the fourth century that he was martyred on.

The site of Kafshenne (Kayalı)

Kafshen or Kefshenne is set in the region of Beth -Zabday ܒܝܬ ܙܒܕܝ southestern of Turkey in the province of Sirnak about 2k.m from Middo (Miden) village of Tur abdin . and about 15 km west of Azekh Idil , and about 30 km east of the famous monastery of saint Mor Gabriel in Turabdin area near to Midyat city.

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Coordinates: 37°20′30″N 41°53′25″E / 37.34167°N 41.89028°E / 37.34167; 41.89028