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Holy Community composed of the convents great and small around the city of Amida See factoid page

Sanctity:

The Monks of Amida were saints. See factoid page

Relationships

John of Ephesus commemorated the Monks of Amida. See factoid page

Events

The community was forced to leave a second time, this time to the the convent at Thella d Thuthe in Gumtha. See factoid page

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The community was expelled from the convent at Thella d Thuthe , so they returned to the monastery of the Poplars. See factoid page

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Ephraim began to persecute the community, so that they were divided over the territories of Edessa, Samosata, Izla, Melitene, Perrhe, and ʿArab. See factoid page

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After building many monasteries in exile,the community returned to their convents in Amida. See factoid page

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For a third time, the community was forced to leave their convent, travelling to Izla, ʿArab, and Dara. See factoid page

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Between A.D. 521 and 526 the community was forced to leave their monastery by the defenders of the corrupt synod of Chalcedon. The community was so large, that the monastery of Mar Mama in the village of Hzyn in Ṭyšf could not hold them. See factoid page

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For five years the community attracted many into their company, some coming as far as Ingilene. All were impressed by the religious devotion of the community; all who joined them turned from sin, committing their lives to prayer, worship, singing, and monastic devotion. See factoid page

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When the community was at Mar Mama, a miracle occurred, where those affected by famine were fed by unending bread at the monastery after the fathers had prayed. See factoid page

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After five years in Mar Mara, the community returned to Amida, but because of persecution, relocated to the border territory of the East, near the hot springs of Abarne, settling at the convent of the Poplars. See factoid page

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The community was too large for the convent of the Poplars, so they constructed several buildings and homes. See factoid page

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At beginning of the reign of Justinian,the community was allowed to return to their destroyed monastery. And they began to restore their convents. See factoid page

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