Syriac Monasteries in Palestine

Syriac Monasteries in Palestine

The monasteries in this list were mentioned in various sources but all of them are in ruin. They were abandoned for various reasons throughout the history of the Syriac Orthodox church but unfortunately there isn't much information about them.

• Monastery of Mary Magdalene: It was located at the Bab al-'Amud district of Jerusalem. It was first mentioned in history in 1000 and was the seat of the metropolitan of Jerusalem and was visited by many Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs. In 1235, it housed seventy monks. Four metropolitans graduated from it. In the fourteenth century it was usurped by a group of Muslims, with the help of the Mamluks; then it was converted it into a school called al-Maymuna.  Its ruins were still standing until the 19th century, but it no longer exist.

• Monastery of St. Romanus: It was located in the city of Mayoma

• Monastery of the Nuns

• Monastery of Mor Tuma (St. Thomas)

• Monastery of the Edessen