Saint Elias Church
Saint Elias Church is a church in Homs Governorate, Syria. Saint Elias Church is situated nearby to the village Al-Hawash, as well as near Al-Mizaina.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Krak des Chevaliers.
Krak des Chevaliers
Krak des Chevaliers located near Homs in Syria 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Hawash and Al-Mizaina.
Al-Hawash
Village
Photo: Micheloo, Public domain.
Al-Hawash is a Greek Orthodox Christians town in northwestern Syria, administratively belonging to the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include al-Husn and Marmarita to the west, Shin to the east and Talkalakh to the southwest.
Al-Mizaina
Village
Mizyeneh or Mazyanah is a small Greek Orthodox Christian village located in Western Syria close to the Lebanese borders and administratively belonging to the Homs Governorate.
An-Nasra
Village
Al-Nasirah is a small Christian town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located west of Homs. Nearby localities include Habnamrah to the northwest, Marmarita and Ayn al-Bardah to the west, Zweitina to the southwest, al-Husn to the south, al-Huwash and al-Mazinah to the southeast, Shin to the east, Muqlus to the northeast, Hadeih and Mashta al-Helu to the north. An-Nasra is situated 4½ km northwest of Saint Elias Church.
Saint Elias Church
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Orthodox
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.75814° or 34° 45′ 29″ northLongitude
36.32145° or 36° 19′ 17″ eastOpen location code
8G6RQ85C+7HOpenStreetMap ID
way 991086624OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=orthodox
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Saint Elias Church” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة مار الياس الغيور”
- French: “Église Saint-Élias”
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