Monastery of St. George

Monastery of St. George is a church in , . Monastery of St. George is situated nearby to , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery and Aqua Fresca.

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 , . 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. is situated 470 metres northeast of Monastery of St. George.

Water park
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is a water park, which is situated 2 km south of Monastery of St. George.

Monastery
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is situated 3½ km north of Monastery of St. George.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saidnaya and Rankous.

Town
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, 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 in .

Town
or Rankus is a 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. is situated 7 km north of Monastery of St. George.

Village
Hufayr al-Tahta is a Syrian located in the of Rif Dimashq. Hufayr al-Tahta had a population of 3,688 as per the 2004 census. is situated 8 km southeast of Monastery of St. George.

Monastery of St. George

Latitude
33.69583° or 33° 41′ 45″ north
Longitude
36.37254° or 36° 22′ 21″ east
Open location code
8G5RM9WF+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9583942462
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
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In Other Languages

“Monastery of St. George” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير القديس جاورجيوس”

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