St. Elian Monastery In Qaryatein. دير مار اليان الشيخ الناسك

Qaryatein is found on the way from Palmyra to Damascus, and it seems that it was not so important, but still people here worked and lived in agriculture and farming. The first document about the monastery is found in british museum (moved from Mar Mousa monastery’s files) states monastery’s age at about 1000 years, but [...]