Top Things to do in Ninawa Province
The 7 Best Things to do in Ninawa Province, Ninawa Province
Discover the best top things to do in Ninawa Province, Iraq including Mar Mattai Monastery Tours, Rabban Hormizd Monastery, Mar Matti Monastery, Rabban Hormizd Monastery, Hatra, Al Noree Al Kaber Mosque, Mosul Grand Mosque.
1. Mar Mattai Monastery Tours
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I am Haval. We offer day trip and multiple day trips to Mar mattai monastery. Mar mattai monastery, located atop Mount Alfaf in northern Iraq and is 20 kilometers from Mosul. It is recognized as one of the oldest Christian monasteries in existence and is famous for its magnificent library and considerable collection of Syriac Christian manuscripts.
2. Rabban Hormizd Monastery
3. Mar Matti Monastery
4. Rabban Hormizd Monastery
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Rabban Hormizd Monastery is an important monastery of the Chaldean Catholic Church, founded about 640 AD, 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 Church of the East from 1551 to the 18th century, and after the union with Rome in the early 19th century, it became a prominent monastery of the Chaldean Catholic Church.
