In the Name of Mar Okeen

Saints Who Were Contemporaries of Mar Okeen

• Saint Ephrem the Syrian (see the page on El-Sourian).
• Mar Jacob, Bishop of Nisibis, known as “of Nisibis”.
• Saint Mar Matta (Matthew) the Syrian hermit.

People of Our Time Named After Mar Okeen

Hegumen Okeen el-Souriany, a monk of the Monastery of the Virgin Mary (El-Sourian).

Mor Clemis Eugene Kaplan, Patriarchal Vicar of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch for the Archdiocese of the Western United States.

His Grace Bishop Polycarpus Augin Aydin, bishop of the Syriac Orthodox Church in the Netherlands.

Okeen Sorial, the first American-born child named after Saint Mar Okeen.

Monasteries and Churches Named After Mar Okeen

• The Monastery of Mar Awgin (Mar Okeen) on Mount Izla, the monastery the saint founded near Nisibis.
• The Monastery of Saints Mar Awgin, Mar Shalita and Mar Ologh in the village of Kirshiran near Qahtaniyah, Syria.
• The Saffron Monastery (Deir al-Zafaran).
• The Monastery of Mar Mikhael (Mar Mikha) in Alqosh.
• The Syriac Orthodox Church of Saint Augin (Okeen) in Germany: Syrisch-Orthodoxe Kirche von Antiochien, Gemeinde St. Augin, Alte-Brockhäger-Straße 45, 33428 Harsewinkel.

Read also: The disciples of Mar Okeen