{"id":849,"date":"2023-06-30T08:48:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T05:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/?page_id=849"},"modified":"2023-11-14T16:59:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:59:39","slug":"pelagia-sayyaf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/pelagia-sayyaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelagia Sayyaf"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"849\" class=\"elementor elementor-849\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-888f839 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"888f839\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ec32b4\" data-id=\"4ec32b4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81f857e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"81f857e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pelagia Sayyaf, Mother Superior of Convent of Saint Thecla in Maaloula<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df42ab6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df42ab6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-edbab7b\" data-id=\"edbab7b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7990c34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7990c34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Conversation with the Abbess of the Monastery of St. Thecla in <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Maaloula<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, Matushka Pelageya Sayyaf. The subject is &#171;<em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">The Life of St. Thecla<\/span><\/strong><\/em>&#171;.<br \/><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">LOCATIONS:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>Nestled near a giant cliff is the <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Mar Taqla Convent<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, the world&#8217;s oldest female monastery. The name of the monastery comes from the name of the first woman &#8212; a disciple of the <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Apostle Paul<\/span><\/strong><\/em>.<br \/>The monastery was erected, according to theologians and local citizens, on the site where the cave of the saint was located: here she devoted herself to prayers, healed the sick and cripples, later died and was buried.<br \/>Before the war, the chapel in the cave where the relics rested was a place of international pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims there are many who suffer from incurable ailments and hope for a miraculous cure.<br \/>The source of crystal clear and healing water contained in the natural stone reservoir does not dry up. Some of the sufferers leave their crutches here forever.<br \/>Many ecclesiastical writings and legends are devoted to the life of St. Thecla. The oldest, found in Egypt, states that when St. Paul was expelled from <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Antioch<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, he went to <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Iconium<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, where he stayed with a certain <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Onesiphorus<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. Next door lived a wealthy widow, whose daughter, named Thecla, sitting at an open window, heard the alien&#8217;s, at the time, redolent speeches&#8230;<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">LOCATIONS:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>Video recording of September 24, 2008, in Maaloula: the inauguration, on the territory of the monastery of St. Thecla, of a bronze monument to <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Jesus<\/span> <\/strong><\/em>created by sculptor <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Alexander Rukavishnikov<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. A celebratory liturgy with representatives of the Antioch Church and Islamic clergy, the Russian Spiritual Heritage Foundation of St. Paul, and the International League for Human Dignity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbcf894 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbcf894\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43f7e08\" data-id=\"43f7e08\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d77426 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d77426\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/opening-monument-Jesus-H-M-C.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4658b95\" data-id=\"4658b95\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff4a429 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff4a429\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/monument-Jesus-H-M-C.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f439306 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f439306\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f438dc1\" data-id=\"f438dc1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2094102 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2094102\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Opening of the Jesus Monument on September 24, 2008<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c88435 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c88435\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9eea186\" data-id=\"9eea186\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bc8c5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8bc8c5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/monument-Jesus-plaque.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb4fcca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb4fcca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cc7f05\" data-id=\"8cc7f05\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8eb3c5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8eb3c5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/Rep-Patriarch-Ignatius-4.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Opening speech by the representative of the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45669cd\" data-id=\"45669cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15dd61f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"15dd61f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/Varennikov.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Speech at the opening of Varennikov V.I., Army General, Hero of the Soviet Union<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-546c6fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"546c6fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4ec84e\" data-id=\"b4ec84e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3a4f8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f3a4f8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/Rep-Ministry-Culture.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2731721 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2731721\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99b5c10\" data-id=\"99b5c10\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0d234b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e0d234b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/Jesus-monument-base-broken.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Remains of the destroyed monument pedestal, 2014<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e4a07d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e4a07d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c715b0\" data-id=\"2c715b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb553b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bb553b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/Thecla.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e68991\" data-id=\"6e68991\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a26b809 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a26b809\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/Icon-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66f176f\" data-id=\"66f176f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db36b78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db36b78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/icon-2.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c893d13 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c893d13\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8bdd937\" data-id=\"8bdd937\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54aab56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54aab56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">LOCATIONS:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>Reportage video recordings of the preparation and celebration of three annual Christian festivals held, as they did 16 centuries ago, by local Christian (Orthodox and Greek Catholic) communities in the Maalouli Mountains:<br \/><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">&#8212; <\/span><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">&#171;Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross&#187; &#8212; September 14;<\/span><br \/><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">&#8212; &#171;Remembrance of St. Thecla&#187; &#8212; September 24;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">&#8212; &#171;Memorial of St. Sergius and Bacchus&#187;<\/span><\/strong><\/em>&#8212; October 7, when many believers from the Middle East and Europe\u00a0 gather in the monasteries.<br \/>Here we had the opportunity to record unique samples of the living Aramaic dialect, the language of the time of Jesus Christ, in which the inhabitants of these places still speak today;<br \/>A video recording of a conversation with an Aramaic teacher at a local school.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1640ad4 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1640ad4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The full version of the audio-video, including a conversation with Pelagia Sayyaf, Mother Superior of Convent of Saint Thecla in Maaloula can be accessed by contacting us<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pelagia Sayyaf, Mother Superior of Convent of Saint Thecla in Maaloula Conversation with the Abbess of the Monastery of St. Thecla in Maaloula, Matushka Pelageya Sayyaf. The subject is &#171;The Life of St. Thecla&#171;.LOCATIONS:Nestled near a giant cliff is the Mar Taqla Convent, the world&#8217;s oldest female monastery. The name of the monastery comes from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-849","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pelagia Sayyaf - Historical Media Content ENG<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/pelagia-sayyaf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ru_RU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pelagia Sayyaf - Historical Media Content ENG\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pelagia Sayyaf, Mother Superior of Convent of Saint Thecla in Maaloula Conversation with the Abbess of the Monastery of St. Thecla in Maaloula, Matushka Pelageya Sayyaf. The subject is &#171;The Life of St. Thecla&#171;.LOCATIONS:Nestled near a giant cliff is the Mar Taqla Convent, the world&#8217;s oldest female monastery. The name of the monastery comes from [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/pelagia-sayyaf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Historical Media Content ENG\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-14T13:59:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/opening-monument-Jesus-H-M-C.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u041f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0447\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 \u043c\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0442\u044b\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/pelagia-sayyaf\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/pelagia-sayyaf\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pelagia Sayyaf - Historical Media Content ENG\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/pelagia-sayyaf\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/pelagia-sayyaf\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Syria\\\/opening-monument-Jesus-H-M-C.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-30T05:48:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-14T13:59:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/pelagia-sayyaf\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ru-RU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/pelagia-sayyaf\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ru-RU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/pelagia-sayyaf\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Syria\\\/opening-monument-Jesus-H-M-C.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Syria\\\/opening-monument-Jesus-H-M-C.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/pelagia-sayyaf\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pelagia Sayyaf\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Historical Media Content ENG\",\"description\":\"Historical media content ENG\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ru-RU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Historical Media Content ENG\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ru-RU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/AVATAR-red-white-circle.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/AVATAR-red-white-circle.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Historical Media Content ENG\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/historical-media-content.art\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pelagia Sayyaf - Historical Media Content ENG","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/pelagia-sayyaf\/","og_locale":"ru_RU","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pelagia Sayyaf - Historical Media Content ENG","og_description":"Pelagia Sayyaf, Mother Superior of Convent of Saint Thecla in Maaloula Conversation with the Abbess of the Monastery of St. Thecla in Maaloula, Matushka Pelageya Sayyaf. The subject is &#171;The Life of St. Thecla&#171;.LOCATIONS:Nestled near a giant cliff is the Mar Taqla Convent, the world&#8217;s oldest female monastery. The name of the monastery comes from [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/pelagia-sayyaf\/","og_site_name":"Historical Media Content ENG","article_modified_time":"2023-11-14T13:59:39+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/opening-monument-Jesus-H-M-C.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"\u041f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0447\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f":"2 \u043c\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0442\u044b"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/pelagia-sayyaf\/","url":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/pelagia-sayyaf\/","name":"Pelagia Sayyaf - Historical Media Content ENG","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/pelagia-sayyaf\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/pelagia-sayyaf\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/opening-monument-Jesus-H-M-C.jpg","datePublished":"2023-06-30T05:48:50+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-14T13:59:39+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/pelagia-sayyaf\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ru-RU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/pelagia-sayyaf\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ru-RU","@id":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/pelagia-sayyaf\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/opening-monument-Jesus-H-M-C.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/opening-monument-Jesus-H-M-C.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/pelagia-sayyaf\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430","item":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pelagia Sayyaf"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/","name":"Historical Media Content ENG","description":"Historical media content ENG","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ru-RU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/#organization","name":"Historical Media Content ENG","url":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ru-RU","@id":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/AVATAR-red-white-circle.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/AVATAR-red-white-circle.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Historical Media Content ENG"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1997,"href":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/849\/revisions\/1997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}