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==Christianity and Alqosh==
Since its establishment, Alqush was a place for worship. either for the [[Sumer]]ian god [[Sin (mythology)|Sin]], who was also worshiped at [[Urof Chaldeans]] as the Sumerian equivalent ''Nanna'', or for the god El-Qustu. Alqosh was also a site of worship for the Hebrew peoples when they were brought by the Assyrian Chaldean army during the eighth and ninth century BC{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}}.
Alqush became an important town for Eastern Christianity after the coming of the [[Chaldean people|Chaldean]] monk Hirmiz who carved out a monastery out of the mountains of Alqosh. This abbey is called "[[Rabban Hormizd Monastery]]" and which was crafted in 640 AD at the outskirts of the Mountains of Alqosh. It was used as the Seat for many [[patriarchs]] of the [[Church of the East]]. From this monastery came [[Yohannan Sulaqa]], who decided to unite with the [[Catholic Church]] in 1553 and established the [[Chaldean Church]].
