Back دير مار إيليا Arabic Müqəddəs İlyas monastırı Azerbaijani Манастыр Святога Іллі Byelorussian Monestir de Sant Elies (Iraq) Catalan Klášter svatého Eliáše Czech Dair Mar Elia German Μοναστήρι του Αγίου Ηλία (Ιράκ) Greek Monasterio de San Elías (Irak) Spanish دیر مار ایلیا Persian Monastère Saint-Élie de Mossoul French
ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܝܠܝܐ دير مار إيليا | |
 Ruins of the monastery in 2005 | |
  Location within Iraq | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Saint Elijah's Monastery |
| Denomination | Church of the East Chaldean Catholic Church |
| Established | 595 A.D. |
| Disestablished | 1743 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Destroyed, 2014 |
| Site | |
| Location | Near Mosul,  Iraq |
| Coordinates | 36°17′33″N 43°7′52″E / 36.29250°N 43.13111°E |
Dair Mar Elia (Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܝܠܝܐ, Arabic: دير مار إيليا), also known as Saint Elijah's Monastery, was a monastery located just south of Mosul, in the Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It was established in the late 6th century and was one of the oldest monasteries in Iraq. It belonged to the Church of the East, an ancient branch of Eastern Christianity, and then to the Chaldean Catholic Church. The monastery closed in 1743, after its monks were massacred by Persian forces. Its ruins were damaged during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and was later destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2014.