Deir Mar Musa is now a community living under attack. In my heart it is a place that embraces transformation, a place where even those of us who don’t know where to start or how to pray can ...

After years of isolation due to war and pandemic, the community founded by Father Dall'Oglio is again welcoming pilgrims and visitors. For Abbot Br Jihad Youssef, the monastery is “a spiritu ...

Damascus, SANA_ There, on a plateau about 1320 meters above sea level, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi (The monastery of saint Moses the Abyssinian), is located in a scene calling the viewer to meditate ...

Book review: We began living in Syria in 2005 and often visited Deir Mar Musa al Habashi, the monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian, where we came to know Jesuit Fr. Paolo Dall'Oglio.

BOB ABERNETHY: The spiraling violence in Syria has affected all areas of life, including religious life. The Syrian desert monastery Deir Mar Musa, north of Damascus, was once a center of ...

Father Paolo Dall’Oglio, an Italian Jesuit priest and leader of the Deir Mar Musa monastery in Syria, was exiled last month for criticizing President Bashar al-Assad. Dall’Oglio has spent ...

Italian Father Paolo Dall'Oglio walks around the Syrian Maronite monastery of Deir Mar Musa, 80 km north of Damascus, 11 July 2007. Built between the 11th and the 13th century, the monastary ...

And it is said that even the "mother house" of Deir Mar Musa recorded a resumption of pastoral activity and reception in the last year addressed to both Christian and Muslim pilgrims. "The valley of ...

By 1991 Deir Mar Musa was once again home to a flourishing community. Thousands of Christians, who make up about 10% of Syria’s mosaic population, came for festivals.

How moving it was when some Moslem women approached the sisters to ask for prayers for their intention". The monks and nuns of Deir Mar Musa also recall the visits of many groups (young people, women, ...