Saidnaya (also transliterated Saydnaya, Seidnaya or Sednaya, from the Syriac: ܣܝܕܢܝܐ, Arabic: صيدنايا, romanized: Ṣaydnāyā) is a city located in the mountains, 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level, 27 km (17 mi) north of the city of Damascus in Syria. It is the home of a Greek Orthodox monastery traditionally held to have been founded by Byzantine emperor Justinian I, and where a renowned icon of the Virgin Mary is revered by both Christians and Muslims to this day. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Saidnaya had a population of 25,194 in the 2004 census.[1]
^ abGeneral Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
Saidnaya (also transliterated Saydnaya, Seidnaya or Sednaya, from the Syriac: ܣܝܕܢܝܐ, Arabic: صيدنايا, romanized: Ṣaydnāyā) is a city located in the mountains...
of Saidnaya Patriarchal Monastery (Arabic: دير سيدة صيدنايا البطريركي) is a monastery of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch located in Saidnaya, Syria...
Maarat Saidnaya, or Maaret Saidnaya (Arabic: معرة صيدنايا) is a mountainous village in Al-Tall District of Damascus's Countryside Rif Dimashq Governorate...
of monasteries in Syria. St. Thomas Roman Monastery (Deir Mar Touma), Saidnaya. Monastery of Saint James the Mutilated (Qara) (Jacques le Mutilé) (Deir...
as: The peak of the Qalamoun Mountains host the Cherubim Monastery at Saidnaya. Some of the cities located on the eastern part are: Al-Qutayfah District...
Ibiza, Spain Statue of Jesus Christ, Ghosta, Lebanon Statue of Jesus in Saidnaya, Syria Statue of Jesus Christ on top of the Temple Expiatori del Sagrat...
Orselina Church of the Dormition of Our Lady Convent of Our Lady of Saidnaya, Saidnaya Lady of the Valley, Al-Nasirah House of the Virgin Mary in Ephesus...
members of Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and Melkite Catholic Church) Saidnaya – has a sizable Christian population (mostly members of Greek Orthodox...
authorities during the Syrian civil war. Reports claim he was executed in the Saidnaya prison on Friday, 30 September 2016. "وفاة لاعب نادي الكرامة جهاد قصاب...
Georgia, United States 1864 1865 1 year Sednaya Prison 5,000 30,000 12,247 Saidnaya, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria 2011 unknown over 10 years Military prison...
Neophytos Nasri (1670–1731) was bishop of Saidnaya of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and took a preeminent part in the 1724 split of the Melkite Church...
cities. Maaloula: a town dominated by speakers of Western Neo-Aramaic. Saidnaya: a city located in the mountains, 1,500 metres (4,921 ft) above sea level...
(3215 ft) above sea level; completed on 16 August 2009. Convent of Our Lady of Saidnaya Shrines to the Virgin Mary ""سيدة الوادي".. شفيعة المؤمنين ومقصد للزائرين"...
the towns of Maarounah and Yabroud, as well as the Cherubim Convent near Saidnaya. According to their official leader, Fadi Abd al-Massih Khouri, the Guardians...
Antioch Syrian University was established on 8 September 2018 in Maarat Saidnaya, near Damascus. The university is offering engineering, management and...
Antioch. He was enthroned on 29 May 2014, at St Ephrem's Monastery, Maarat Saidnaya, near Damascus, Syria. Baselios Thomas I oversaw the ceremony. Karim took...
All the East and Supreme Head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, at Maarat Saidnaya, Damascus. As the head of the Jacobite Church in India the Catholicos presides...
1976), Lebanese actress and singer Neophytos Nasri (1670–1731), bishop of Saidnaya of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church who took a pre-eminent part in the...
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