Monastery of Mor Augin
  Location within Turkey | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Syriac Orthodox Church |
| Dedicated to | Mor Augin |
| Site | |
| Location |
Near Nusaybin,  Turkey |
| Coordinates | 37°10′04″N 41°24′30″E / 37.167739°N 41.408318°ECoordinates: 37°10′04″N 41°24′30″E / 37.167739°N 41.408318°E |
Dayro d-Mor Augin (Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܘܓܝܢ;The Monastery of St. Augin, Arabic,دير مار اوجين) is located in southeastern Turkey and is 40 kilometers from Nusaybin.[1]
History
The monastery was founded in the first half of the fourth century AD by Mor Augin who was a Coptic monk. Mor Augin came with seventy of his disciples to preach Christianity in Mardin Province which was controlled by the Sasanian Empire.
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