An 80-foot-tall statue of Jesus Christ stands atop of a hill overlooking the Syrian Christian town of Saidnaya, about a 40-minute drive from Damascus. The statue is part of the ancient Cherubim ...
COLUMBUS — Rose Ann Kalister, a Parkersburg native, has recently published a novel, “Sister of Saidnaya,” a Syrian immigrant’s tale. In 1922, a young Nadra (12 years old) traveled by boat from the ...
SAIDNAYA /Syria/, December 11. /TASS/. Damascus has begun the official process of assessing the damage to its global cultural heritage sites devastated by the Islamic State (IS, a terrorist ...
A miracle by the Holy Theotokos was reported at one of the monasteries of Saidnaya. This town is one of the most famous Christian inhabited and pilgrimage places in the war torn Syria. The incident ...