Um Al-Zennar Church
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Um al-Zennar is an old Syriac Orthodox Church in Homs
, Syria
. The church is built over an underground church dating back to 50 AD. It is the seat of the Syriac Orthodox archbishopric.
Homs
Homs , previously known as Emesa , is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is above sea level and is located north of Damascus...
, Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
. The church is built over an underground church dating back to 50 AD. It is the seat of the Syriac Orthodox archbishopric.