Dayr Simeon

 church, ruins, village

Part of the Darat Izza subdistrict of the Aleppo district.

Yazidi Kurdish village
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Under Al Nusra control.
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History:

Deir Samaan Thelanisos or is the monastery in Syria, near Aleppo. The per-called Monastery of St. Simeon the Syrian hermit - vertical Simeon, who was born in the town of 389 m (Cessan) south of Jabal Samaan and sought refuge in the monastery in 412 m Thelanisos was fast Ahoshrab days without food and remain standing for days, and swimming pool Mtabda, retired Sama'an vertical in this place Mtabda Nasca and live above the pole at altitudes of - 40 arm / 15 meters for more than forty years and was putting up his disciples to him over the top of the bar and visited by people to sainthood.

In Mount Sama'an includes extending the area of ancient monastery and the Church of Simeon Simeon, which was built in 490 m, which is one of the greatest Christian churches which were in a fortified castle-day periods of Saladin, and the monastery is still Sama'an based business and the premises until today and visited by tourists from around the world.

And has been Omar bin Abdul Aziz's fifth Caliphs was appointed as Emir of the Emirate of Deir Samaan and automatically it remained until the year 86 e.