Back دير الزعفران Arabic ܕܝܪܐ ܕܟܘܪܟܡܐ ARC Kloster Zafaran German Monasterio de Mor Hananyo Spanish دیر زعفران Persian Monastère Mor Hananyo French Biara Mor Hananyo ID Monastero di Mor Hananyo Italian Dêra Zehferanê Kurdish Mor Hananyo-klooster Dutch
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  Location within Turkey  Mor Hananyo Monastery (Near East) | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Dayro d-Mor Hananyo |
| Denomination | Syriac Orthodox |
| Established | 493 |
| Dedicated to | Mor Hananyo |
| Controlled churches | Church of the Mother of God, Beth Kadishe |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Mor Shelmon |
| Site | |
| Location | Near Mardin, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 37°17′58″N 40°47′33″E / 37.29944°N 40.79250°E |
Mor Hananyo Monastery or Monastery of Saint Ananias (Turkish: Deyrulzafaran Manastırı; Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܚܢܢܝܐ) is an important Syriac Orthodox monastery located five kilometers south east of Mardin, Turkey, in the Syriac cultural region known as Tur Abdin. [1]Mor Hananyo Monastery was the headquarters of the Syriac Orthodox Church from c. 1160 until 1932.[2]
It is usually better known by its nickname, the Saffron Monastery (Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܟܘܪܟܡܐ, Dairo d-Kurkmo[3]; Arabic: دير الزعفران, Dairu 'l-Za‘farān[3]) which is derived from the warm color of its stone. Syriac Orthodox culture was centered in two monasteries near Mardin (west of Tur Abdin), Mor Gabriel and Deyrulzafaran.[4]
- ^ "Deyrul Zafaran/Deir al-Za'faran Monastery | MCID". mcid.mcah.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
- ^ Markessini, J. (2012). Around the World of Orthodox Christianity – Five Hundred Million Strong: The Unifying Aesthetic Beauty. Dorrance Publishing Company. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-4349-1486-6. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ a b Yuhanon, B. Beth. "The Methods of Killing in the Assyrian Genocide". Sayfo 1915. p. 180.
- ^ Üngör 2011, p. 15.