Middle East
Syria
Homs Governorate

St George Monastery

Saint George Monastery or Deir Mar Georges is a historic Greek Orthodox monastery in the village of in the "Valley of the Christians", belonging to the in northwestern , the place located just a few kilometers north of the famous castle .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Also known as: “Saint George’s Monastery” and “Saint George’s Monastery, Homs”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Krak des Chevaliers and Lady of the Valley Sculpture.

Photo: (Ergo), CC BY 2.0.
located near in is widely recognised as the archetypal Crusader castle. Described by T.E. Lawrence as "perhaps the best preserved and most wholly admirable castle in the world", this somewhat isolated site is located magnificently and is, indeed, extremely well-preserved.

Work of art
Photo: أفرام, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lady of the Valley is a Marian shrine inaugurated on 16 August 2009, located in , Wadi al-Nasara in . The statue is built near the Lady of the Valley Church on top of Mount of the Pilgrim, which is dedicated to Saint George. is situated 2½ km north of St George Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Mishtaya and Kafra.

Village
is a village in northwestern , administratively part of the , located west of and north of the border with .

Village
is a village in northern located west of in the . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, had a population of 909 in the 2004 census.

Village
Photo: Famaty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in northwestern , located west of Homs. is one of the largest villages in Wadi al-Nasara, a region north of .

St George Monastery

Latitude
34.76749° or 34° 46′ 3″ north
Longitude
36.2676° or 36° 16′ 3″ east
Open location code
8G6RQ789+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1293972456
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­greek_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q2035580
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“St George Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير القديس جاورجيوس”
  • Arabic: “دير مار جرجس الحميراء”
  • Arabic: “دير مار جرجس”
  • French: “Dayr Mar Jirjis”
  • French: “monastère Saint-Georges”
  • French: “Monastère Saint-Georges”
  • German: “Kloster des heiligen Georg”
  • German: “Sankt-Georgs-Kloster”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Святого Георгия”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan sv. Jurija al-Mishtaya”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan sv. Jurija Homs”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan svetega Jurija, Sirija”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de San Jorge”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Joariskleaster (Homs)”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Joariskleaster”

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