This Syrian village, Saidnaya, where houses are built around a rock with a very old convent at the top, is considered a place for religious pilgrimage.
A steep climb is the only way up to the convent, which is said to date back to the Emperor Justinian.
Legend has it that the Virgin Mary appeared to Justinian and asked him to found the convent.
After entering through a maze of passages, you finally reach the Chapel of the Virgin. The walls are covered with beautiful icons including one said to have been painted by St. Luke.
This chapel was very famous to Christians and at one point was the second Christian place of pilgrimage after Jerusalem, the crusaders called it "Notre Dame de Sardeneye".
Greetings and love from Syria
Nabeel
Amigos estamos honrados de que nos permitan compartir su espacio como amigos, saludos cordiales desde Argentina de Elízabeth Balverdi & Juan Nieva " Simplemente TANGO"
Thank you for including me among your friends. I greatly admire all the interesting and amazing talents you have and I am so honored for this friendship with you.
