city
Dairin (Tarut Island)
Darin, Tarout Island, Saudi Arabia · Gulf
26.571, 50.056
Attested. Attested in the Synodicon Orientale. No church building has been excavated on Tarut.
Dairin, on Tarut Island, was a Church of the East diocese of Beth Qatraye, first named at the synod of 410 under Bishop Paul. In 676 Patriarch George I held a synod at Dairin, whose canons included requiring a priest's blessing for a valid marriage.
Source stance: insider. Church of the East synod acts.
People and groups named here
- Paul of Dairin (410)
- Patriarch George I (synod of Dairin, 676)
Related places
Sources
- Tarout Island (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Dioceses of the Church of the East to 1318 (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Christianity in pre-Islamic Arabia (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
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