Mount Mar Daniel ( syr, ܛܘܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܕܐܢܝܠ), is a mountain in
Nineveh Plains in northern
Iraq. The mountain lies 30km east of
Mosul and some 5km north east of
Bartella
Bartella (; ar, برطلّة) is a town that is located in the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq, about east of Mosul.
Bartella was liberated from ISIL control on October 20, 2016 by Iraqi Special Operations Forces along with the Nineveh Plain ...
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Mount Mar Daniel was known for its religious importance in
Syriac Christianity
Syriac Christianity ( syr, ܡܫܝܚܝܘܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ / ''Mšiḥoyuṯo Suryoyto'' or ''Mšiḥāyūṯā Suryāytā'') is a distinctive branch of Eastern Christianity, whose formative theological writings and traditional liturgies are expr ...
since the 4th century when it was continuously inhabited by hermits. The mountain contains a number of hermitages as well as the
Mar Daniel monastery which date back to the late 4th century.
See also
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Mount Alfaf
Mount Alfaf ( syr, ܛܘܪܐ ܕܐܠܦܦ, ṭūrāʾ Alfaf), also known as Mount Maqlub (جبل مقلوب in Arabic), is a mountain in the Nineveh Plains region in northern Iraq. The mountain lies 30 km to the northeast of Mosul and some 15&nb ...
References
سهل نينوى, دراسة تاريخية وبلدانية Karemlash.com
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Nineveh Plains
Mar Daniel