Monastery of Mor Augin


Monastery of Mor Augin is located in southeastern Turkey and is 40 kilometers from Nusaybin.

History

The monastery was founded in the first half of the fourth century AD by Saint Awgin, a monk from El Kulzom, Egypt. Mor Augin came with seventy of his disciples to preach Christianity in Mardin Province which was controlled by the Sasanian Empire.