Turkey | Iraq | ISIS and Mor Behnam Monastery
A year ago I wandered by Mor Behnam and Mort Sara Church in the city of Mardin , located in the Tur Abdin Region of southeastern Turkey. Mardin, in southeastern Turkey (click on photos for enlargments) Mor Behnam and Mort Sara Church in Mardin In recounting the history of the church in Mardin I mentioned the tombs of Mort (Saint) Sara and Mor (Saint) Behnam at the Monastery of Mor Behnam, located on a hill near Nimrud, about twenty miles south of Mosul, in Iraq. Tombs of Mort Sara and Mor Behnam near Nimrud, in Iraq, before the arrival of ISIS. Photo courtesy of Gates of Nineveh . Now comes news that ISIS has destroyed the tombs of Mort Sara and Mor Behnam. See What We’ve Lost: Mar Behnam Monastery . Other monastery buildings have apparently survived, but now ISIS has taken control of the complex and there are no longer no any monks in residence. Ruins of the tombs of Mort Sara and Mor Behnam. Photo courtesy of Gates of Nineveh There is also a Mongol connection with the m