Nineveh

Nineveh, Assyrian Ninua ({{coor dm|36|22|N|43|07|E|}}), was an important city in ancient Assyria now lying in the modern city of Mosul, Iraq. This "exceeding great city", as it is called in the Book of Jonah, lay on the eastern bank of the Tigris, along which it stretched for some 50 kilometres (30 miles), having an average breadth of 20 km (10 mi) or more from the river back toward the eastern hills. This whole extensive space is now one immense area of ruins.

Fast of Nineveh (Nineveh's wish)

There is a fast that Assyrians from the Syriac Orthodox Church, Assyrian Church of the East fast called Ba'uta d-Ninwe/Bo'utho d-Ninwe (????? ??????) which means Nineveh's wish. Copts also maintain this fast.

Related Topics:
Assyrians - Syriac Orthodox Church - Assyrian Church of the East - Copts

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