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Early Christianity · Syriac OrthodoxMar Mattai Monastery ChurchMount Maqlub, IraqFrom c. 363Mar Mattai Monastery Church connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through an ancient monastery overlooking the Nineveh Plains, Matthew the Hermit tradition, manuscripts, regional Christian communities, conflict, displacement, and continuing worshipRead the full history Medieval · Chaldean Catholic and Church of the East heritageRabban Hormizd Monastery ChurchAlqosh, IraqFrom c. 640Rabban Hormizd Monastery Church connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through a mountain monastery of caves, patriarchal tombs, Church of the East history, Catholic union, manuscript culture, insecurity, and local Christian memoryRead the full history Medieval · Syriac CatholicMar Behnam Monastery ChurchNineveh Plains, IraqFrom c. 1100Mar Behnam Monastery Church connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through saintly sibling traditions, Syriac inscriptions, pilgrimage, shared local reverence, destruction by ISIS, recovery, conservation, and return of worshipRead the full history