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PHOTO ESSAY<br />
Mar Matti<br />
in the<br />
Frame<br />
A photo essay of<br />
the homeland<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY BY WILSON SARKIS<br />
CAPTIONS BY ALAN MANSOUR<br />
Top of page: The monastery now serves the small farming villages located at the foot of the mountain. Above: Mar Matti or Mattai (St. Matthew) is the name<br />
of a Syriac Orthodox (Jacobite) monastery that sits atop Mount Maqlub (also known as Alphaph or Alfaf Mountain) at the height of 2,010 feet above sea level.<br />
It is located 15 miles from Nineveh and just under 13 miles northwest of Mosul.<br />
26 CHALDEAN NEWS <strong>SEPTEMBER</strong> <strong>2022</strong>
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