5/5 Matthew L. 2 years ago on Google • 145 reviews
This
is
one
of
those
places
that
should
be
at
the
top
of
any
visit
to
the
Dohuk
region.
The
position
of
the
monastery
looking
out
over
the
Nineveh
plains,
yet
perched
high
in
the
mountains
is
stunning.
The
nearby
newly
restored
synogue
on
the
site
of
the
tomb
of
the
prophet
Nahum
helps
give
a
visual
emphasis
to
his
prophecies
of
doom
over
Nineveh
(Modern
Mosul)
This
site
is
very
important
to
the
Chaldean
Christians,
yet
it
has
not
been
used
actively
for
many
years.
It
is
well
looked
after,
and
has
clearly
benefited
from
an
injection
of
cash.
Importantly,
the
site
is
open
8
to
13.00,
then
from
14.30
to
18.00.
Of
course
we
turned
up
at
1pm,
but
it
meant
we
had
time
to
go
into
the
nearby
Christian
town
of
Al
Qosh,
and
explored
the
aforementioned
synagogue
and
some
of
the
other
churches.
Not
that
we
could
get
in
to
any
of
them,
they
were
all
fiemly
locked.
Lastly,
we
benefited
massively
from
Ehab,
who
is
one
of
the
local
Police
'guards'
of
the
site.
He
has
excellent
English
and
gave
us
a
really
good
feel
of
the
place,
some
of
the
history,
and
told
some
of
his
own
interesting
story.
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