Maryam Al-Athra Chruch was the first Church in Sulaimaniyah, it was built in 1862 in Sabunkaran District. The Monastery of the Virgin Mary is located in Sulaymaniyah at an altitude of 851 meters above sea level. The monastery is located in the heart of the old Sulaymaniyah in the old neighborhood of Sabunakran (Sabunkhan), which is the neighborhood of workshops and soap makers.
Typography — Maryam Al-Athra Church – Sulaimaniyah
Embedded in the exterior wall of the Mariam Al-Adra church in Sulaymaniyah, an engraved plaque bears the inscribed dedication in Syriac.