A Chaldean monastery built in the mid-19th century near Alqosh, below Rabban Hormizd.
Its name, “Our Lady of the Seeds”, invokes the Virgin’s protection of the crops, and it keeps a library of manuscripts.
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Notre-Dame des Semences
دير السيدة حافظة الزروع
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