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Convent of Saint Thecla (Maaloula)

Syria · built 1756

The Convent of Saint Thecla (Mar Taqla) is a Greek Orthodox convent in Maaloula, Syria. It is administered by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch. The convent was built in 1935 around the grotto of St. Thecla.

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