HMML Global Operations: Syria
Syria
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Region
Middle East -
Country
Syria -
Cities
Aleppo, Damascus, Homs, and Mishtāyah -
Repositories
Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Aleppo; Armenian Orthodox Church, Diocese of Aleppo; Library of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Patriarchate of Antioch (Damascus); Georges and Mathilde (Matilde) Salem Foundation; Syriac Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Aleppo; Syriac Orthodox Church, Archdiocese of Aleppo; Syriac Orthodox Church, Archdiocese of Homs; Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch, Kfarbo Parish; Library of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch; and other church and monastic collections -
Languages
Arabic, Armenian, Syriac, Arabic Garshuni, Turkish Garshuni, Greek, Turkish, Persian, Italian, French, Armenian Garshuni, Kurdish and Garshuni -
Project Dates
2006–2012
One of the richest archeological and cultural regions in the Middle East, Syria is also home to many ancient religious communities. In Aleppo, HMML has worked extensively with several Christian churches—Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Orthodox, Greek Catholic, and Melkite to name a few—with additional projects in Homs and Damascus. The Syrian Orthodox Church of Saint George in Aleppo held a unique complete manuscript of the Chronicle of Michael the Great, a 1598 copy of a 12th-century work by Syriac Orthodox Patriarch. The recent civil war has dislocated and dispersed the population and destroyed monuments. Manuscript collections have been moved or hidden. As in Iraq, HMML’s digital copies often provide the only access to these important texts.
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Manuscript in the collection of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Archdiocese of Aleppo (SOAA 00124 M)
Umayyad Mosque, Aleppo, before the Syrian Civil War
Liturgical manuscript written in Syriac and Arabic Garshuni, Syriac Orthodox Church, Archdiocese of Homs (SOAH 00005)
Ghada Khoury, digitization technician, at the Library of the Greek Catholic Patriarchate, Damascus
A 17th-c. Armenian gospel book, collection of the Armenian Church, Diocese of Aleppo (AODA 00004)
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A 19th-c. liturgical book written in Syriac and Arabic Garshuni, collection of the Syriac Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Aleppo (SCAA SL07 09)
Mor Gregorios, Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo, and the unique 16th-c. copy of Michael the Great’s 12th-c. chronicle (SOAA 00250 S)
Manuscript written in Syriac and Arabic Garshuni, Syriac Orthodox Church, Archdiocese of Homs (SOAH 00001)
A tiny, 17th-c. gospel book written in Coptic and Arabic, collection of Fondation Georges et Mathilde Salem, Aleppo (GAMS 01035)
A 17th-c. liturgical book written in Arabic, library of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Patriarchate of Antioch, Damascus (GCPD 00001)
