Monastery of St. James the Mutilated
The Monastery of St. James the Mutilated is a 6th-century Melkite Greek Catholic monastery in Qara, Syria. It is located 97 km north of Damascus and 15 km east of Al-Nabek. The monastery is dedicated to Saint James the Mutilated.- Type: Monastery
- Description: monastery in Qara, Syria
- Also known as: “Monastery of Mar Yakub (St James)” and “Monastery of Saint James the Mutilated”
- Address: Qarah
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qara and Deir Atiyah.
Qara
Town
Qara or Kara is a city in the An-Nabek District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria. It is located between the Qalamoun Mountains and the Eastern Lebanon mountains range, 95 kilometres north of the capital Damascus on the road to the city of Homs. Qara is situated 2½ km southeast of Monastery of St. James the Mutilated.
Deir Atiyah
Town
Photo: Wisal Ahdab, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deir Atiyah or Dayr Atiyah is a town in Syria, located between the Qalamoun Mountains and the Eastern Lebanon Mountains Series, 88 kilometres north of the capital Damascus and on the road to the city of Homs. Deir Atiyah is situated 9 km southeast of Monastery of St. James the Mutilated.
Monastery of St. James the Mutilated
- Categories: building and religion
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.16623° or 34° 9′ 58″ northLongitude
36.72193° or 36° 43′ 19″ eastOpen location code
8G6R5P8C+FQOpenStreetMap ID
way 551742293OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
building=monasteryWikidata ID
Q100258076
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Arabic—“Monastery of St. James the Mutilated” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “manastiri i melkut”
- Arabic: “دير مار يعقوب”
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Highlights include Monastery of Mar Yakub (St James) and Dayr Mar Ya`qub.
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