Wadi al-Nasara ( / ALA-LC: Wādī an-Naṣārá "Valley of Christians") is an area in western Syria that administratively belongs to the governorate of Homs.
Most people in the area are Greek Orthodox Christians. It is ecclesiastically under the Archdiocese of Akkar, which has its seat in Cheikh Taba, Lebanon. The current Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Akkar and Wadi al-Nasara and its dependencies (Safita and Tartus) is Basilius Mansour.
Landmarks Wadi al-Nasara was a popular tourist site before the outbreak of the Syrian civil war. Among its touristic attractions are the Saint George's Monastery located in the town of al-Mishtaya, the Krak des Chevaliers Crusader castle located in the village of al-Husn and the shrine of the Lady of the Valley in al-Nasira.
Villages in the valley Anaz () ِAltalleh/Al-Talla () Al-Hawash () Mizyeneh () Ain al-Ajouz () al-Nasirah () Kafra () Marmarita () al-Mishtaya () Habnamrah () Ain al-Barda () Mashta Azar () Ain al-Ghara () Qalatiyah () Zweitina () Bahzinah () Ballat () Kimah () Tannurin () Daghlah () Jiwar al-Afas () Muklous () Kafr Ram () Rabah, Syria () Amar al-Husn () Juwaniyat () Ain al-Raheb () Ish al-Shuha () al-Muqaabarat () al-Mazraah () Duwair al-Lin () Al-Husn ()
Notable people from Wadi al-Nasara
Victor Atiyeh - American politician, former Governor of Oregon (father was from Al-Husn) Joseph Atiyeh - Olympic medalist, winner of Syria's first Olympic medal (born in Al-Husn) John X of Antioch - Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (father is from Marmarita) Yusuf Al-Khal - Lebanese-Syrian poet and journalist, pioneer of Arabic surrealist poetry (born in Al-Husn) Zerefeh Bashur - first licensed female physician in the Levant (born in Safita)
See also Antiochian Greek Christians Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch Eastern Orthodoxy in Syria
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