Author
Şükran Yaşar
Publication Place
Mardin Artuklu University -
Mardin Artuklu University
Subject
Mukaddime, 2021-05, Vol.12(1), p.69-99
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng,tur
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Leitir Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 1309-6087, EISSN: 2459-0711, DOI: 10.19059/mukaddime.820700
Record ID
cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_3adabed7680442c18bba143f01bd9021
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes
"Tur Abdin", which is a mountainous area centered in Midyat in the South-Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, in the north-east of Mardin, and which is seen as a sacred region by the Assyrians due to its historical and religious value, is a geography famous for its monasteries. In the narratives about the monasteries in question or the beginning of monastic life in the region, IV. A Christian hermit named Mor Evgin, who is estimated to have lived in the 11th century, stands out. Because Mor Evgin is considered to be the person who brought the monastic lifestyle of Christianity to Tur Abdin. He was originally from Egypt, and according to rumors, he left this place over time and came to the Tur Abdin Region with his 70 students and retreated there. The first monastery of the region was probably built by Mor Evgin IV. It was founded in the 19th century and is still identified with its name today. He pioneered the construction of many other monasteries in and around the region in a short time with the monks he trained in this monastery at the foot of Mount Izlo. In this context, it can be said that Mor Evgin and Mor Evgin Monastery were the initiators of a history and an era. It is not possible to understand Eastern Christianity without understanding the functional role of monasteries in religious education, religious institutional structuring, and the religious life of the masses. While the faith and practice principles and practices of the Church in the Catholic and Western Orthodox (Byzantine and Balkan geography) world were formed in the Papal / Patriarchate Synod, the areas where the faith and practice principles and practices of Eastern Christianity (Assyrians, Chaldeans, Nestorians, Maronites, Copts, Armenians...) come to life are monasteries. While monasteries in the Catholic and Orthodox world are backyards under the control of the Church, for example, in the Assyrian world, they are the main centers of religious understanding. These are not just places where monks who have withdrawn from the world live a solitary life. These monasteries have undertaken important functions in the history of Eastern Christianity as action centers where the struggle of different religious ideas took place throughout history. For example, the religious principles were determined here, the synods that resolved disputes were gathered here, and the staff working in the administrative units of the Church were trained here. The members of the Synod, where religious and administrative decisions of the church were taken, were mostly monastery chiefs. Religious education was given here, and the Patriarch, the head of the Church, resided in one of these monasteries. This article aims to outline the monastic life that started and developed in the Tur Abdin Region, specifically Syriac Christianity, and also to provide historical and architectural information about the Mor Evgin Monastery, as a structure that triggered monastic life in the region.
Detaylı Başlık
Mor Evgin ve Hristiyan Mistisizminin Tur Abdin Bölgesine Girişi
