One of the most important centers of the Assyrian Church is the Mor Hananyu Monastery, which is brilliant in its architecture. This monastery, which was the residence of the Syriac Orthodox patriarchs for 640 years until 1932 AD, is the most visited monastery because it is close to Mardin. graves) in the monastery. The monastery has been called the Saffron Monastery since the nineteenth century, because of the saffron flower. According to legend, the saffron plant was used in the mortar of the building and the structure took its yellow color from this plant. who accepted it.