St. George's Monastery (Homs) (Al Mishtaya)
Syria /
Hhims /
Talkalah /
Al Mishtaya
World
/ Syria
/ Hhims
/ Talkalah
, 9 km from center (تلكلخ)
World / Syria / Hims
church, Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, monastery, pilgrimage
Saint George Monastery or Deir Mar Jirjis (Arabic: دير مار جرجس) is a historic Antiochian Orthodox monastery located in northwestern Syria's "Valley of the Christians" (وادي النصارة, Wadi al-Nasara) in the town of Meshtaye, a village belonging to the Homs Governorate, just a few kilometers north of the famous castle Krak des Chevaliers.
The valley is a regional center of the Greek Orthodox Christianity since the 6th century.
The valley is a regional center of the Greek Orthodox Christianity since the 6th century.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George's_Monastery_(Homs)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 34°46'3"N 36°16'3"E
- Mar Elias Church Land 4.9 km
- Klabita Tower برج كلابيتا 15 km
- Abdul Halim Khadam 53 km
- Notre Dame de Miziara - Our Lady of Miziara 58 km
- St. Jacob monastery 59 km
- Notre-Dame de la Garde - Our Lady of the Guard - سيدة الناطور 65 km
- Al-Husn Church 106 km
- Barlum Monastery (the remains of an Old Armenian Church) 134 km
- Saint Simeon Jr. Monastery 149 km
- The Church of Hagia Thecla 276 km
- Hotel Francis 1.4 km
- عقار محمدالعزو 2 km
- Krak des Chevaliers 2.8 km
- Al-Husn 2.9 km
- Talkalakh district 3.3 km
- Al-Nasirah Subdistrict (PCS) 4.3 km
- Wadi Al-Nasara (Valley of Christians) 4.4 km
- Al-Hawash subdistrict 5.7 km
- Talkalakh Subdistrict (PCS) 9 km
- Bargylus Mountains 77 km