No doubt the Christians in Turkey wish Istanbul was Constantinople once again as they certainly do not fare so well under Muslim rule.
Turkey Returns Less Than Half of Assyrian Monastery's Land it Seized
World Watch Monitor
Posted 2014-03-14 10:36 GMT
The Turkish Ministry of EU Affairs welcomed March 2 the return of property, seized by the country's treasury, to the world's oldest Syriac Orthodox monastery, Mor Gabriel.
In February, the head of the Mor Gabriel Religious Foundation, Kuryakos Ergun, received the property deeds to 12 plots of land totaling 244,000 square metres, or 60 acres.
The returned property is less than half of the land the monastery has owned since 1935. The monastery, in the southeastern province of Mardin, was built in 397 and is considered a holy place to Aramean Syriacs in Turkey and the diaspora.
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Turkey Returns Less Than Half of Assyrian Monastery's Land it Seized
Turkey Returns Less Than Half of Assyrian Monastery's Land it Seized
World Watch Monitor
Posted 2014-03-14 10:36 GMT
The Turkish Ministry of EU Affairs welcomed March 2 the return of property, seized by the country's treasury, to the world's oldest Syriac Orthodox monastery, Mor Gabriel.
In February, the head of the Mor Gabriel Religious Foundation, Kuryakos Ergun, received the property deeds to 12 plots of land totaling 244,000 square metres, or 60 acres.
The returned property is less than half of the land the monastery has owned since 1935. The monastery, in the southeastern province of Mardin, was built in 397 and is considered a holy place to Aramean Syriacs in Turkey and the diaspora.
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Turkey Returns Less Than Half of Assyrian Monastery's Land it Seized
