Saint Tekla's Monastery(Mar Taqla) (Maaloula)
Syria /
Damaskus /
al-Qutayfah /
Maaloula
World
/ Syria
/ Damaskus
/ al-Qutayfah
, 11 km from center (القطيفة)
World / Syria / Rif Dimashq
nunnery, monastery, orthodox christianity, 1750s construction
Monastery dedicated to Saint Thecla, a student of St Paul. While she was escaping persecution, God opened for her a passage through the mountain and lead her to Maaloula.
Monastery led by the honorable Mother Bellagia Sayyah
www.maaloula.net/index01.htm
www.atlastours.net/syria/maaloula.html
Monastery led by the honorable Mother Bellagia Sayyah
www.maaloula.net/index01.htm
www.atlastours.net/syria/maaloula.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maaloula#Mar_Taqla
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 33°50'49"N 36°32'47"E
- Monastery of Saint Isaiah (Mar Chaaya) 84 km
- Deir Tamish 87 km
- Deir-el-Salib (Monastery of the Cross) 89 km
- Deir an-Nasrani 154 km
- Zelve Open-Air Museum 558 km
- Mor Gabriel Monastery 595 km
- Church Kamrak Vank ( St.Thomas) 763 km
- Khtzkonk monastery 946 km
- Horomos monastic complex 972 km
- Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin 983 km
- Mount Snir 2 km
- Ma'loula Subdistrict (Nahiyah) (Damscus -PCS) 3.8 km
- Air Defense Base 4.1 km
- Army Base - Brigade 14 7.8 km
- Yabroud Subdistrict (PCS) 13 km
- Al-Qutayfah Subdistrict (Nahiyah) (Damascus -PCS) 16 km
- al-Ruhaibah Valley 16 km
- Assal al-Ward Subdistrict (Nahiyah) 17 km
- Rankous Subdistrict 18 km
- al-Qalamoun Mountains/Northern Anti-Lebanon 23 km