Beautiful DayerZafaran monastery Built 393 A.D. • Mor Hananyo Monastery, also called Monastery of Saint Ananias or Deyrulzafaran (Saffron Monastery), is one of the most renowned monasteries of the Syriac Orthodox Church. • It is located about 3 km east of Mardin, Turkey, in the historic Syriac Christian region of Tur Abdin, long considered a cultural heartland of Syriac Christianity. • The monastery has served for centuries as a major spiritual, cultural, and intellectual center, often described