monastery
Monastery of Rabban Hormizd
near Alqosh, Iraq · Persia & Church of the East
36.749, 43.114
Attested. Founding by Rabban Hormizd in the 7th century is the accepted account; his Life adds legendary detail.
Founded in the 7th century by the monk Rabban Hormizd, this cliffside monastery above Alqosh became one of the great houses of the Church of the East. It was a center of Syriac manuscript copying and, in later centuries, the residence and burial place of patriarchs. It is now a Chaldean Catholic site.
Source stance: insider. Monastic Life of Rabban Hormizd and manuscript colophons.
People and groups named here
- Rabban Hormizd (founder, 7th century)
Sources
- Hormizd, Monastery of Rabban (e-GEDSH)
Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, electronic ed., Beth Mardutho. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Rabban Hormizd Monastery (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
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