Religious Site Attractions In As Suwayda

Mar Sarkis

As-Suwayda , also spelled Sweida or Swaida, is a mainly Druze city located in southwestern Syria, close to the border with Jordan. It is the capital of As-Suwayda Governorate, one of Syria's 14 governorates, bordering Jordan in the South and Daraa Governorate in the West and Rif Dimashq Governorate in the north and east. The city is referred to by some as Little Venezuela due to the city's influx of affluent Venezuelan Syrians immigrants.
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Religious Site Attractions In As Suwayda

1. Deir Mar Takla Maaloula
2. Mar Sarkis Maaloula
Several monasteries in Syria, Lebanon and Turkey are dedicated to Mar Sarkis and Bakhos . These include: Monastery of Mar Sarkis and Bakhos, Tourza North Lebanon Monastery of Mar Sarkis and Bakhos - Ras Al Nahr in Ehden, Lebanon. It belongs to the Lebanese Antonin Maronite Order since 1736. Monastery of Mar Sarkis - Bsharri. It belonged since the 16th Century to the Carmelite Fathers. In 1931, it was acquired by the family of Khalil Gibran, the famous Lebanese writer, poet and painter as a burial place. In 1975, the Gibran National Committee transformed the Monastery into the Gibran Museum for the works of Gibran. Monastery of Mar Sarkis, Maaloula, Syria. Monastery of Little Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey.
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SWEIDA, JABAL AL ARAB, SYRIA, MINUMENTS, MOSAIC

CANTOS DRUSOS TRADICIONALES DE SWEIDA, SIRIA

Se muestra parte de los cantos tradicionales drusos de la provincia de Sweida, Siria en el pueblo cercano a la frontera con Jordania llamado Umm Urr Rumman, durante el verano del año 2008, en el matrimonio de Talab y Ahlam Alhadi.

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Religious Site Attractions In As Suwayda