Pre-war Syria: Peaceful Life and Holy Places. A photo galleryPhotographer Vasily Nesterenko visited Syria in 2010, shortly before the beginning of the warfare that has literally devastated and destroyed this wonderful country. According to those who have visited that country before 2011, the Christian and Muslim communities in pre-war Syria coexisted peacefully, and the Christian community mostly consisted of Orthodox Christians. Vasily visited the cities of Damascus, Holms, Bosra, the famous Krak des Chevaliers Castle of the Knights Templar, venerated holy shrines of the Orthodox monastic communities on Cherubim Mountain, the “Saidnaya” icon of the Mother of God, and the much-suffering St. Thecla’s Convent in Ma'loula. He photographed the site believed to be where Jesus Christ appeared to the Apostle Paul in Kaukab, took pictures of the interior of the St. George’s Basilica in the town of Izra, and of other wonderful places.
Sketches of DamascusThe Krak des Chevaliers Castle of the Knights TemplarBosra, amphitheater in the old cityDamascus, the Chapel of St. John the Baptist within the Umayyad MosqueKaukab, the site where the Savior first appeared to Saul, future Apostle PaulIzra, the Church of Greatmartyr George the Victory-BearerHoms, the Church of the Girdle of the Mother of GodThe Monastery of the Holy Prophet Elias near SaidnayaSaidnaya, the Convent in honor of the “Our Lady of Saidnaya” IconThe monastery on the Cherubim MountainMa’loula, the Convent of St. Thecla, Equal-to-the-ApostlesВаш комментарий
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21:39
George, You are absolutely wrong!
Theese photoes were taken in 2010. That time Syria was a very good and peaceful country where there were many orthodox christian. But then USA began war against Assad and the terrorists supported by USA destroyed MOST OF CHRISTIAN CITIES in Syria. That was done not by Assad troops but by muslim terrorists supported by Obama.
19:51
Beautifull country..and yes, Christians and Moslims can live together in harmony...but....is it really Assad who did this ?
13:48
Yes, the Assad regime has done terrible things to the people of Syria.
06:35
Yes it is the place where the Christianity started not as a sect but as global faith my dear friend!
08:41
This is where christianity started. This is a christian land.