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This is a list of monasteries in Syria. St. Thomas Roman Monastery (Deir Mar Touma), Saidnaya. Monastery of Saint James the Mutilated (Qara) (Jacques le...

Convent of Saint Thecla. The Saint Sarkis Monastic Complex of Maaloula is one of the oldest surviving monasteries in Syria. It was built on the site of a pagan...

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Church of Antioch located in Saidnaya, Syria. It is one of the most ancient monasteries in the world and in the region of the Middle East and North Africa,...

literally, the Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian, is a monastic community of the Syriac Catholic Church located near the town of Nabk, Syria, approximately...

churches, monasteries, and pilgrimage sites, such as the 5th century remains of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery, and the...

Church of the East and several smaller Christian denominations account for the remainder. Many Christian monasteries also exist. Many Christian Syrians belong...

Moses of Nisibis, traveled to Baghdad to ask the Abbasid caliph Al-Muqtadir to grant tax exemption to the monasteries. Moses then traveled through Syria region...

singing was an element of Jewish liturgy believed to have entered the monasteries of Syria and Palestine in the 4th century from the Jewish communities such...

approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwestern of Aleppo, Syria. It was constructed on the site of the pillar of Saint Simeon Stylites, a renowned stylite...

(Byzantine Empire) built. 462 – Monastery of Stoudios in Constantinople established. 475 – Church of Saint Simeon Stylites in Syria (Byzantine Empire) dedicated...

above sea level, 27 km (17 mi) north of the city of Damascus in Syria. It is the home of a Greek Orthodox monastery traditionally held to have been founded...

Palestine laying waste most of its churches and monasteries, including the one at Kursi. The church was later rebuilt, but part of the destroyed settlement...

The area around the monastery was recaptured by the Syrian Arab Army from ISIS in April 2016. The bones and broken sarcophagus of Mar Elian were rediscovered...

The Monastery of Saint James the Mutilated is a 6th-century Melkite Greek Catholic monastery in Qara, Syria. It is located 97 km (60 mi) north of Damascus...

northwestern Syria, the place located just a few kilometers north of the famous castle Krak des Chevaliers. Demographically, the valley is a regional center of Christianity...

Conventual Priory, Digos Our Lady of Montserrat Abbey, Manila See Monasteries of Syria Greek Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Kferam, Homs St. Elias (Deir...

The Monastery of St. Ephrem the Syrian (Greek Ιερά Γυναικεία Κοινοβιακή Μονή Οσίου Εφραίμ του Σύρου), named after Ephraim the Syrian, was founded in 1983...

Saint Elijah's Monastery, near Mosul, Iraq is a 6th-century ruin and among the oldest monasteries in Iraq St. George's Church, Izra, Syria, Built in the...

13th century. The bilingual culture of the monastery has labelled Graeco-Syriac or Syro-Hellenic. Other monasteries of the West Syriac tradition with the...