| Rabban Hormizd Monastery | |
|---|---|
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church |
| Location | |
| Location | Alqosh, Nineveh, Iraq |
  Shown within Iraq | |
| Geographic coordinates | 36°44′57″N 43°06′52″E / 36.749167°N 43.114444°E |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 640 A.D. |
Rabban Hormizd Monastery (Syriac: ܪܒܢ ܗܘܪܡܝܙܕ ܥܓ̰ܡܝܐ)[1] is an important Chaldean Catholic Church monastery, founded about 640 AD by the Church of The East, carved out in the mountains about 2 miles from Alqosh, Iraq, 28 miles north of Mosul. It was the official residence of the patriarchs of the Eliya line of the Assyrian Church of the East from 1551 to the 18th century, and after the union with Rome in the early 19th century, passed to becoming a prominent monastery of the Chaldean Catholic Church.
The monastery is named after Rabban Hormizd (rabban is the Syriac for monk) of the Church of the East, who founded it in the seventh century.[2]
- ^ Thomas A. Carlson, “Rabban Hormizd — ܪܒܢ ܗܘܪܡܝܙܕ ܥܓ̰ܡܝܐ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified December 9, 2016, http://syriaca.org/place/168.
- ^ Leroy, Jules; Collin, Peter (2004). Monks and Monasteries of the Near East. pp. 166–167. ISBN 978-1-59333-276-1.