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  • Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi

  • Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi

    Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, or Mar Musa, Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian, is a monastic community of the Syriac Catholic Church, situated near the town of Nabk, north of Damascus. The main church of the monastic compound hosts precious frescoes dating to the 11th and 12th century.
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    Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi
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    Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi

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    Syria

    Rif Dimashq

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    11th Century AD

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