{"id":7392,"date":"2025-08-08T23:55:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T23:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/the-patriarchal-monastery-of-saint-thecla-maaloula\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T00:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T00:00:34","slug":"the-patriarchal-monastery-of-saint-thecla-maaloula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/the-patriarchal-monastery-of-saint-thecla-maaloula\/","title":{"rendered":"The Patriarchal Monastery of Saint Thecla \u2013 Maaloula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perched in Maaloula, approximately 65 km northeast of Damascus at an elevation of 1600 meters, the Monastery of Saint Thecla stands around a cave said to have miraculously opened for Saint Thecla as she fled Roman persecution. Within this cave, she is believed to have unearthed a spring renowned for its healing properties.<br \/>\nThe site has attracted pilgrims since the 5th century. A church was constructed in 1906, and the main monastic building was erected in 1935, with an additional floor added in 1959. A guesthouse was also built in 1934. Today, the monastery encompasses two sacred caves, two small churches, and a collection of historic icons. It continues to welcome both Christian denominations and Muslims for rituals and prayers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perched in Maaloula, approximately 65 km northeast of Damascus at an elevation of 1600 meters, the Monastery of Saint Thecla stands around a cave said to have miraculously opened for Saint Thecla as she fled Roman persecution. Within this cave, she is believed to have unearthed a spring renowned for its healing properties. The site has attracted pilgrims since the 5th century. A church was constructed in 1906, and the main monastic building was erected in 1935, with an additional floor added in 1959. A guesthouse was also built in 1934. Today, the monastery encompasses two sacred caves, two small churches, and a collection of historic icons. It continues to welcome both Christian denominations and Muslims for rituals and prayers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[380,379],"tags":[243],"class_list":["post-7392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religious-monuments-rural-damascus","category-rural-damascus","tag-preserved-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}