Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian

Al-Nabek, Syria

The Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian (Syriac, Dayrā d-Mār Mūše Kūšāyā, Dayr Mār Mūsá al-Ḥabashī), named after Moses the Black, is a monastic community of the Syriac Catholic Church located near the town of Nabk, Syria, approximately 80 km (50 mi) north of Damascus, on the eastern slopes of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains. The main church of the monastic compound hosts precious frescoes dating to the 11th and 12th centuries.

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