Syriac Churches

Connected Sites: 9

Definition
The Syriac churches are churches originally adopted by the Syriacs (also called Assyrians) and whose sacred language (and sometimes also the everyday language) is Aramaic. These churches include the Assyrian (=Nestorian) Church, Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholic, Chaldean and Maronite Church.

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Connected Sites

  • Old City of Acre
    Old City of Acre
    Israel
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.25
    160
    6
    Maronite Church
  • Quanzhou
    Quanzhou
    China
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.42
    64
    4

    Site of Deji Gate: "Archaeological excavations in 2001 revealed the extent of the site, as well as carvings relating to Hinduism, Nestorianism, Islam and Buddhism during the Song and Yuan Dynasties." (AB Ev)
  • Byblos
    Byblos
    Lebanon
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.16
    97
    4
    St John the Baptist Church is now Maronite
  • Aleppo
    Aleppo
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.52
    72
    6
    Mar Assia Al-Hakim is Syriac Catholic
  • Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
    Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
    China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.00
    206
    8
    Nestorian church in Suyab; evidence of a Nestorian church in Gaochang
  • Qadisha Valley
    Qadisha Valley
    Lebanon
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.31
    68
    4
    Maronite churches
  • Orkhon Valley
    Orkhon Valley
    Mongolia
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.52
    55
    6
    "Excavated items include domestic fragments as well as relics associated with ... Nestorian Christianity."
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Old City of Jerusalem
    Israel
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    277
    12
    monastery of Saint Mark, a Syriac Orthodox church as well as a Maronite
  • Damascus
    Damascus
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.89
    80
    6
    Saint George's Syriac Orthodox Church