SANA profiles Sednaya

ARAMAIC WATCH: Another SANA profile of an ancient Syrian city: Sednaya… One of the Most Deep-Rooted Archeological Cities in Syria. Excerpt:

It dates back to ancient times and it embraces a lot of the archeological monuments and the Christian sanctities, the most important of which is the Convent of Sednaya Lady which is the second most important Christian sanctity after the Church of the Resurrection in occupied Jerusalem.

Sednaya name was mentioned in the old registries and scripts which were found in the Convent where some of the archeological monuments were found dating back to the Classical Age such as the remains of a temple and Greek inscriptions as the royal orthodox scripts were written in the Syriac language in Sednaya till the 18th century.

The City also includes the Cherubim Monastery which was built on one of the highest mounts at al-Qalamoun Mountain, and the name of the Monastery is an Aramaic word which means the angels.

There is also a Monastery of Mar Thomas in Sednaya. I think the article means "sanctuaries," not "sanctities."