Church of the Virgin Mary, Tur Abdin.
Wikipedia:Tur Abdin is a hilly region of south east Turkey incorporating the eastern half of Mardin Province, and Şırnak Province west of the Tigris, on the border with Syria. The name 'Tur Abdin' is from the Syriac language meaning 'mountain of the servants (of God)'. Tur Abdin is of great importance to Syriac Orthodox Christians, for whom the region used to be a monastic and cultural heartland. The Assyrian/Syriac people of Tur Abdin call themselves Suroye and Suryoye and traditionally speak an Aramaic dialect called Turoyo.Title: Patriotic syriac/aramaic song (English Subtitles). YouTube Video Description - [Channel: Syriacus]:
How much they tell us about Turabdin
We still didn't see our homeland
How much they're talking about the homeland
The land of our fathers
That left a painful desire in my heart
I still didn't see the Turabdin
That left a painful desire in my heart
That I still didn't see the Turabdin
The mountain and the heat there
You rose in that land
The land that they took from us
We didn't see with our own eyes
That left a painful desire in my heart
That I still didn't see the Turabdin
That left a painful desire in my heart
That I still didn't see that country
Ach Mardin, ach Midyat
You remained there
We left the churches empty
The people left and emigrated
That left a painful desire in my heart
That I still didn't see the Turabdin
That left a painful desire in my heart
That I still didn't see that country
