Saidnaya

Saidnaya
صيدنايا, ܣܝܕܢܝܐ
Sednaya, Seydnaya, Saidenaya
Overview of Saidnaya
Overview of Saidnaya
Saidnaya is located in Syria
Saidnaya
Saidnaya
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°41′48″N 36°22′26″E / 33.69667°N 36.37389°E / 33.69667; 36.37389
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
Districtal-Tall
SubdistrictSaidnaya
Elevation
1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Population
 (2004 census)[citation needed][1]
 • Total25,194
Time zone+2
 • Summer (DST)+3
View of the city in 2010

Saidnaya (also transliterated Saydnaya, Seidnaya or Sednaya, from the Syriac: ܣܝܕܢܝܐ, Arabic: صيدنايا, romanizedṢaydnāyā) is a city located in the mountains, 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level, 27 km (17 mi) north of the city of Damascus in Syria. It is the home of a Greek Orthodox monastery traditionally held to have been founded by Byzantine emperor Justinian I, and where a renowned icon of the Virgin Mary is revered by both Christians and Muslims to this day. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Saidnaya had a population of 25,194 in the 2004 census.[1]