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| Syrian desert monastery seeks visitors after years of war |
| 2022-06-20 |
| [AlAhram] A Syrian desert monastery that was once a hub for interfaith dialogue, attracting tens of thousands, has reopened to visitors after more than a decade of war and isolation. "We yearn for people to return. We want to see them pray and meditate with us once more, so that they may find here a space for calm, silence and contemplation," Father Jihad Youssef told AFP, his voice echoing through the dark, empty halls of the monastery he heads. In 2010, 30,000 people visited Deir Mar Moussa al-Habashi (St Moses the Æthiopian), a 7th century monastery perched atop a barren, rocky hill about 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of Damascus. |
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