Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery
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.Photo: Soman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Orthodox
- Description: monastery in Syria
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aqua Fresca and Cherubim Saydnaya Patriarchal Monastery.
Aqua Fresca
Water park
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Aqua Fresca is a water park, which is situated 2½ km south of Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery.
Cherubim Saydnaya Patriarchal Monastery
Monastery
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Cherubim Saydnaya Patriarchal Monastery is situated 3 km north of Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery.
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 6 km north of Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery.
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 Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery.
Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery
- Category: religion
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.69952° or 33° 41′ 58″ northLongitude
36.37499° or 36° 22′ 30″ eastOpen location code
8G5RM9XF+RXOpenStreetMap ID
way 374475187OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=orthodoxWikidata ID
Q3320189
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير السيدة - صيدنايا”
- Arabic: “دير سيدة صيدنايا”
- Armenian: “Սեյդնայայի Աստվածամոր վանք”
- Czech: “Klášter Panny Marie ze Sajdnaji”
- Dutch: “Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery”
- Dutch: “Saydnayaklooster St. Maria”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير سيدة صيدنايا”
- French: “Monastere Notre-Dame de Saidnaya”
- French: “Monastère notre-dame de saidnaya”
- French: “Monastère Notre-Dame de Saidnaya”
- French: “Monastère Notre-Dame De Saidnaya”
- French: “monastère Notre-Dame de Seidnaya”
- French: “Monastère Notre-Dame de Seidnaya”
- German: “Kloster Unserer Lieben Frau von Saidnaya”
- German: “Wallfahrtskirche St. Maria (Kloster St. Maria)”
- Hungarian: “Szejdnajai kolostor”
- Italian: “Convento greco-ortodosso di Nostra Signora di Seidnaya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saidnaya kloster”
- Polish: “Klasztor Najświętszej Marii Panny w Sajdnai”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Maicii Domnului din Saidnaya”
- Russian: “Сайданайский монастырь”
- Serbian: “Манастир Саиднеја”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Saydnaya”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Sednaya”
- Western Frisian: “Hillich Patriargale Kleaster fan Us-Leaffrouwe fan Saidnaya”
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