Country Syria Nahiyah Saidnaya | District Al-Tall District Time zone EET (UTC+2) | |
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Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate | ||
Maarat Saidnaya, or Maaret Saidnaya (Arabic: معرة صيدنايا) is a village in the Al-Tall District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maarat Saidnaya had a population of 3,084 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite Catholics.
Map of Maaret Saidnaya, Syria
However, notably, the Mor Ephrem Monastery, consecrated in 1996, is the residence of the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, along with a seminary of the church.
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