Seidnaya

Some 30 kilometers north of  Damascus, the village is spread out over a hilltop, and is surrounded by vineyards and olive groves. It has a famous monastery founded in 547 by Justinian, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. The name of the village itself, Seyda Naya' in Syriac means 'Our Lady'.

The monastery contains an icon the Evangelist of the Virgin believed to be painted by St. Luke.

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