The Church of the monastery on the eastern side of the island of Sir Bani Yas is an archaeological site in the United Arab Emirates discovered in 1992. The excavations yielded a 7th century Church of the East Christian monastery which existed for 150 years. The whole complex contained a church, a monastery and courtyard houses, with dormitories, a kitchen, monks' cells and burial sites. The church was built around the grave, which might have belonged to the settlement's founder, the local saint. The stucco decorations were found with Nestorian crosses and vine and scroll motifs. Ca750 monastic buildings are abandoned and begin to decay.
See:
- Elders, Joseph , "The lost churches of the Arabian Gulf: recent discoveries on the islands of Sir Bani Yas and Marawah, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates". Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. Vol. 31, Papers from the thirty-fourth meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held in London, 20-22 July 2000 (2001), pp. 47-57, https://www.jstor.org/stable/41223670
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/ancient-secrets-of-sir-bani-yas-island-unveiled-1.550370
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUZH5S2U-wE