Church of the Virgin Mary
Church of the Virgin Mary is a church in Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria. Church of the Virgin Mary is situated nearby to Hagia Sophia Church, as well as near Mary Square.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery and Aqua Fresca.
Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Soman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Our Lady of Saidnaya Patriarchal Monastery is a monastery of the Greek Orthodox 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, traditionally held to have been founded by Byzantine emperor Justinian I in 547 AD. Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery is situated 190 metres northeast of Church of the Virgin Mary.
Aqua Fresca
Water park
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Aqua Fresca is a water park, which is situated 2½ km south of Church of the Virgin Mary.
Cherubim Saydnaya Patriarchal Monastery
Monastery
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Cherubim Saydnaya Patriarchal Monastery is situated 3½ km north of Church of the Virgin Mary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saidnaya and Rankous.
Saidnaya
Town
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Saidnaya, also transliterated as Saydnaya, Seidnaya or Sednaya, is a city located in the mountains, 1,500 m above sea level, 27 km north of the city of Damascus in Syria.
Rankous
Town
Rankous or Rankus is a Syrian town and summer resort in the province's Damascus countryside located in Mount Qalamoun in Syria, 45 km from Damascus, with a total area of 22.277 km ², extends between 1650 and 2150 m. Rankous is situated 7 km north of Church of the Virgin Mary.
Hefeir at-Tahta
Village
Hufayr al-Tahta is a Syrian village located in the Douma District of Rif Dimashq. Hufayr al-Tahta had a population of 3,688 as per the 2004 census. Hefeir at-Tahta is situated 8 km southeast of Church of the Virgin Mary.
Church of the Virgin Mary
- Type: Church
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.698° or 33° 41′ 53″ northLongitude
36.37415° or 36° 22′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8G5RM9XF+5MOpenStreetMap ID
node 9583942458OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
“Church of the Virgin Mary” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة مريم العذراء”
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