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    Archeological door returns to church of Mar Serkis and Bacchus convent
    in Ma'aloula - Video

    27/12/2014

    Damascus Countryside, SANA- An archeological wooden door dating back
    to 1700 years ago was restored to the church of Mar Serkis and Bacchus
    convent in Ma'aloula city in Damascus countryside after being stolen
    by armed terrorist organizations.

    "I knew by chance that the Mayor of Ras Baalbek area in Lebanon has
    bought the door of the convent's church from one of the Lebanese
    people from Arsal who traffic in archeological pieces stolen and
    smuggled from Syria in general and from Ma'aloula in particular and he
    maintained it to be able to restore it to Syria later," Syrian
    expatriate Ana Mas'ad said.

    "I offered to give the mayor a sum of money to restore the
    archeological door, yet he rejected, and said 'We know the meaning of
    war and our goal is the return of the church's door to its place."
    Mas'ad added.

    Mas'ad made several contacts with Lebanese media, the Syrian Embassy
    in Lebanon, the Ministry of Tourism and Damascus Countryside
    Department of Archeology and Museums to take the required measures for
    the return of the archeological piece on Christmas.

    She affirmed that Syrian expatriates should preserve the cultural and
    historical image of their homeland and convey a bright image about it
    to the public opinion wherever they are.

    Many other archeological artifacts have been restored to the convent
    including some icons and brass crosses.

    "We came here before Christmas to start its happy atmosphere from
    here...In spite of our suffering; our belief is stronger than any
    challenge or pain." Greek-Melkite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and
    All the East Gregorios III Laham said while presiding over a mass held
    at the convent on the occasion of restoring the archeological door.

    Laham considered that the return of the door and some other
    archeological pieces to the convent "Gives us hope that Syria's doors
    will be open again before the entire world," affirming the solidarity
    of all the Syrians.

    "We will return united homeland, people, heart and vision...Peace and
    security will return to Syria,"Laham said, calling for amity and
    tolerance.

    After the mass, Minister of Tourism Bishr Yazaji stressed that the
    main role of the government is to protect all religious sanctities in
    Syria, saying "Ma'aloula will return to be a beating heart of life and
    a destination for pilgrims despite of all the destruction in it at the
    hands of terrorists."

    For his part, Minister of Culture Issam Khalil said that the Syrians
    are determined to live and that their message in the life is a message
    of love and peace, stressing that all the archeological pieces which
    have been stolen by terrorists are documented by the Ministry in order
    to not allow them to traffic in these pieces at the international
    markets.

    Damascus Countryside Governor Hussein Makhlouf said that work is
    underway to reconstruct the buildings and shops in Ma'aloula city.

    More than 93 archeological pieces have been restored by Syria in
    cooperation the Lebanese Archeology and Museums General Directorate
    and in coordination with the United Nations Educational, Scientific
    and Cultural Organization "UNESCO" which has issued a list in all
    languages to attract the attention to the Syrian archeological
    artifacts.

    http://www.sana.sy/en/?p=23104
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbGF8Nj_mEI




    From: A. Papazian
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