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The Cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral, UK. The early medieval cloister had several antecedents: the peristyle court of the Greco-Roman domus, the atrium and its expanded version that served as forecourt to early Christian basilicas, and certain semi-galleried courts attached to the flanks of early Syrian churches. [4]
Damascus, Syria: Dar Al-Yaziji. Haddad, Ghassan Mohammed Rashad (2007). Shami Papers: Contemporary Syrian History 1946-1966 (in Arabic). Madbouly Library. ISBN 9789772086276. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Torrey, Gordon (1964). Syrian Politics and the Military, 1945-1958. Ohio State University Press.
Syria, [d] officially the Syrian Arab Republic, [e] [14] is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest.
Our Lady (Dormition) Convent, Baniyas; St. George Monastery, Mahardah; Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Kafr Ram, Homs; St John the Baptist Monastery, Aleppo; Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery, Saidnaya
The history of Syria covers events which occurred on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic and events which occurred in the region of Syria.Throughout ancient times the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic was occupied and ruled by several empires, including the Sumerians, Mitanni, Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Hittites, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Arameans, Amorites, Persians, Greeks ...
Syria, [a] also known as Greater Syria or Syria-Palestine, [2] is a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. [3] The region boundaries have changed throughout history. However, in modern times, the term "Syria" alone is used to refer to the Syrian Arab Republic.
The Christian communities of Syria in 2011 accounted for about 5-6% of the population. The country's largest Christian denomination was the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch. Estimates of the number of Christians in Syria in 2022 ranged from less than 2% to around 2.5% of the Syrian population. [6] [24]
The prominent towers of Dayro d-Mor Gabriel. Dayro d-Mor Gabriel (Classical Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܓܒܪܐܝܠ; the Monastery of Saint Gabriel), [1] also known as Deyrulumur, is the second oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world behind Mar Mattai Monastery in Northern Iraq.