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Saint George's Monastery

الناصرة, Italy

Saint George's Monastery

Saint George Monastery or Deir Mar Georges (Arabic: دير مار جرجس) is a historic Greek Orthodox monastery in the village of al-Mishtaya in the "Valley of the Christians" (وادي النصارى, Wadi al-Nasara), belonging to the Homs Governorate in northwestern Syria, the place located just a few kilometers no

rth of the famous castle Krak des Chevaliers. Demographically, the valley is a regional center of Christianity since the 6th century. Of its 32 villages, 27 are Christian (mainly Greek Orthodox), four are mainly populated by Alawite Muslims and one, al-Husn, which is adjacent to the Krak des Chevaliers, is mainly Sunni Islamic. The Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, John X was abbot of the Monastery of Saint George from 1995 to 2002, and played a significant role in revitalizing the monastery.

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