Mar Behnam Monastery
Bakhdida, Iraq
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
The Monastery of the Martyrs Mar Behnam and Marth Sarah, commonly called Mar Behnam Monastery, is a brick monastery in the village of Khidr Ilyas near the town of Beth Khdeda (Bakhdida) in northern Iraq. Built in the Romanesque style, it was a Syriac Orthodox monastery until the 19th century and is now Syriac Catholic. In March 2015 the Islamic State heavily damaged its tomb of Mar Behnam and defaced the exterior murals; repairs were completed by early December 2018.
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- monastery
- Materials
- brick
- Place
- Bakhdida, Iraq
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