Monastery of Mar Awgin
 The Monastery of Mor Augin from the northern point of view | |
  Location within Turkey | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Syriac Orthodox Church |
| Dedicated to | Saint Awgin |
| Site | |
| Location | Near Nusaybin,  Turkey |
| Coordinates | 37°10′04″N 41°24′30″E / 37.167739°N 41.408318°E |
Monastery of Mor Augin (Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܘܓܝܢ, romanized: The Monastery of St. Augin, Arabic: دير مار أوجين) 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 Saint Awgin, a monk from El Kulzom, Egypt.[2] 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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