Why pilgrims come
Enter a place shaped by prayer, community, and pilgrimage
A mountain monastery traditionally founded around the seventh century and carved into the cliffs above Alqosh. It became a major seat in the Church of the East and is inseparable from Chaldean Catholic history: its abbot Yohannan Sulaqa was consecrated in Rome in 1553 as the first patriarch of the emerging Chaldean Catholic line.
Climb into the intertwined history of the Church of the East and Chaldean Catholic Church, then pray at Rabban Hormizd’s tomb without forcing later ecclesial divisions backward onto every century.
The sacred connection
People and objects remembered here
These relationships are part of the destination record, with feast days and catalog qualifications shown where available.
Founder tradition and tomb
Feast: September 1Saint tomb · Ecclesiastically venerated
Verify access with the Chaldean Antonian Order; mountain and security conditions apply.What to notice
Look closely at the place and its story
The tomb of Rabban Hormizd
Meet a continuing Chaldean devotional tradition in the monastery’s oldest sacred core.
Yohannan Sulaqa and Rome
Connect the former abbot’s 1553 consecration with the formation of the Chaldean Catholic patriarchal line.
A monastery carved into endurance
Read caves, chapels, tombs, and defensive landscape together.
Feasts, anniversaries & celebrations
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Sources, tradition, and what is verified
No verification date is listed, so current visitor details should be confirmed directly.
This page records the site’s tradition as “Catholic.” That wording describes the nature of the claim and keeps devotional tradition distinct from independently verified history.
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