The largest statue of Christ in the Arab world sits on the highest peaks of the Syrian peninsula (video and images)

On the winding and winding mountain road towards Deir Al Shirobim, the statue can be seen from the Syrian plains of Kalamoun stretching to Damascus and its eastern coast to the south, and even to the south. to the city of Nabek, which is the center of the international road connecting the capital to the city of Homs, in the center of the country. Jabal al-Sheikh in the Syrian-Lebanese triangle with the occupied Golan in southwestern Syria.

The historic monastery, located north of Damascus, is about 35 km and 7 km from the famous city of Sidnaya, which dates back to the 3rd century AD.

"In 2013, under the title" I came to the Redeemer of the World ", a Russian company called" Renaissance of St. Paul's Legacy in the East "ended with the restoration of spiritual, religious and civilizational relics of the Cherub Monastery, said Father John the Talley, head of the Monastery of St Guargius and the Cherubim Monastery.To complete this task, decorate the place with the statue of Christ on the eastern facade of the monastery , which dominates the highest peak of the region, called the mountain of angels.

The statue, which is today 2,000 km above sea level, is visible from long distances in the Syrian and Lebanese territories: 29 meters high, 16 meters is the height of the base and 13 meters long.

The front facade of the Christ statue contains two other statues that embody Adam and Eve at the time of the request for forgiveness for human sin, thus completing the scene of Christ's coming to restore sin and give back to the water. its rivers. In the meaning of this historical narrative, the Father explains: At this moment man is reconciled to God by Christ, thus embodying the symbol of humanity and the image of God at the moment when they meet. When we look at this mountain with towering peaks, where the statue stands above, To see that we are born again through this For beautiful ".

The father is proud of the presence of a statue of Christ in the region of Kalamoun, where he sees "a revival of the relationship between embracing Syria (Antioch), which encompasses all the religious sites of the world, and Russia , a sister to help us, and we have a brilliant history of fraternity among us .. "" Today, the churches, Antioch, based in Damascus and Russia, have decided to renew this relationship with beautiful works This monument is one of them, the great interest here is not to restore a stone or to place a statue, but to renew the fraternity, with its light to all human beings on earth. "

The Cherub Monastery has had its share of the war against Syria, as well as everything else. "That dark night when about 70 armed men attacked the monastery and managed to control it," he recalls.

At that moment, the father appeared as if he were in another world, showing a long series of painful memories. He knocked a little, shook his head as if he was trying to dispel it and moved on to the other. He told Sputnik: "In Syria, we are still suffering the end of a very painful phase, and today it is different with the help of the Syrian Arab army, which was guarding the monastery. while the monastery kept watch over its soldiers and the various inhabitants of the Kalamun region, as well as the statue of Jesus, who watched all the areas overlooking it, in Syria and Lebanon ".

Of course, the father does not doubt that the monastery of Shroobim "will contribute decisively to the success of the fighting led by the Syrian army to restore security in the region, then the return of displaced persons and the right to return to their homes. houses, their villages and their cities .. "..

At this moment, Father John publishes his own autobiography: "Since 2013, the year of the erection of this statue, we are reaping its glory after the victories won by the strength of the Syrian Arab Army and its assistants in countries friends like Russia, Iran and others … Visitors from around the world can now visit the monastery, This vast place of love and tolerance .. ".

Cherub Monastery: History of Tension

The monastery of "Cherubim" is one of the monastic monasteries of Syria and dates back to the period of construction of the Monastery of Our Lady of Sidnaya in the third century AD. It was dedicated to monks and monks.

The monastery is divided into two parts, the first consists of a group of large stone buildings, the second in a series of ancient caves dug into the rocks around the third century AD. It is also divided in two, a section that forms the bastards of the life of the "common" monastic partnership and another to live more "individual" Uniting.

The monastery is located on the highest peaks of East Kalamoon, at an altitude of 2,000 meters above sea level. It is about 35 km from Damascus and was a pagan temple before to become a church at the beginning of the fifth century of our era.

The monastery of Sherobim was destroyed in the 16th century AD during the Ottoman occupation of the Levant, before its reconstruction in 1982.