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'''Wadi al-Nasara''' (((lang-ar|وادي النصارى)) / [[ALA-LC]]: ''Wādī an-Naṣārá'', which both mean "'''Valley of Christians'''") is an area in western [[Syria]], close to the [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] [[Lebanon–Syria border|border]] and administratively belonging to the [[Homs Governorate|governorate of Homs]].

Most people in the area are [[Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch|Greek Orthodox Christians]]. 

The area of Wadi-Al Nasara is ecclesiastically under the [[Archdiocese]] of [[Akkar District|Akkar]], which has its seat in [[:fr:Cheikh Taba|Cheikh Taba]], Lebanon.<ref>((Cite web|title=Akkar and Dependencies|url=https://www.antiochpatriarchate.org/en/category/akkar-and-dependencies/82/|website=Antioch Patriarchate))</ref> The current Greek-Orthodox Metropolitan of Akkar and Wadi al-Nasara and its dependencies ([[Safita]] and [[Tartus]]) is Mgr Basilius Mansour.<ref>((Cite web|title=Peace Iftar for Syrian refugees|url=http://www.reliefandreconciliation.org/home/peace-iftar-for-syrian-refugees|website=Reliefandreconciliation.org))</ref>

== Touristic attractions ==
Wadi al-Nasara used to be a popular tourist site before the outbreak of the [[Syrian civil war]]. Among its touristic attractions are the [[Saint George's Monastery, Homs|Saint George's Monastery]] located in the town of [[Al-Mishtaya]], the [[Krak des Chevaliers]] Crusader castle located in the village of [[Al-Husn, Syria|Al-Husn]] and the shrine of the [[Lady of the Valley]] in [[Al-Nasirah, Syria|Al-Nasirah]].

==Villages in the valley==
*[[Anaz]] (((lang-ar|عناز)))
*[[ِAltalleh/Al-Talla]] (((lang-ar|التلة)))
*[[File:قرية التلة.jpg|thumb|التلة - شهر أيلول 2022]][[Al-Hawash, Homs|Al-Hawash]] (((lang-ar|الحواش)))
*[[Mizyeneh]] (((lang-ar|المزينة)))
*[[Ain al-Ajouz]] (((lang-ar|عين العجوز)))
*[[al-Nasirah, Syria|al-Nasirah]] (((lang-ar|الناصرة)))
*[[Kafra, Homs|Kafra]] (((lang-ar|كفرا)))
*[[Marmarita]] (((lang-ar|مرمريتا)))
*[[al-Mishtaya]] (((lang-ar|المشتاية)))
*[[Habnamrah]] (((lang-ar|حب نمرة)))
*[[Ain al-Barda]] (((lang-ar|عين الباردة)))
*[[Mashta Azar]] (((lang-ar|مشتى عازار)))
*[[Ain al-Ghara]] (((lang-ar|عين الغارة)))
*[[Qalatiyah]]  (((lang-ar|القلاط)))
*[[Zweitina]] (((lang-ar|الزويتينة)))
*[[Bahzina]] (((lang-ar|بحزينا)))
*[[Ballat]] (((lang-ar|بلاط)))
*[[Kimah]] (((lang-ar|كيمة)))
*[[Tannurin]] (((lang-ar|تنورين)))
*[[Daghlah]] (((lang-ar|دغلة)))
*[[Jiwar al-Afas]] (((lang-ar|جوار العفص)))
*[[Muklous]] (((lang-ar|مقلس)))
*[[Kafr Ram]] (((lang-ar|كفرام)))
*[[Rabah, Syria]] (((lang-ar|رباح)))
*[[Amar al-Husn]] (((lang-ar|عمار الحصن)))
*[[Juwaniyat]] (((lang-ar|جوانيات)))
*[[Ain al-Raheb]] (((lang-ar|عين الراهب)))
*[[Ish al-Shuha]] (((lang-ar|عش الشوحة)))
*[[al-Muqaabarat]] (((lang-ar|مقعبرة)))
*[[al-Mazraah]] (((lang-ar|مزرعة)))
*[[Duwair al-Lin]] (((lang-ar|دوير اللين)))
*[[Al-Husn, Syria|Al-Husn]] (((lang-ar|الحصن)))

== Notable people from the Valley of the Christians ==

* [[Victor Atiyeh]]- American politician, former Governor of Oregon (father was from [[Al-Husn, Syria|Al-Husn]])<ref>((Cite book|last=Pulera|first=Dominic|year=2004|title=Sharing the Dream: White Males in Multicultural America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SVoAXh-dNuYC&dq=Victor+Atiyeh+Beirut&pg=PA33|page=33|publisher=A&C Black |isbn=9780826416438))</ref>
* [[Joseph Atiyeh]]- Olympic medalist, winner of Syria's first Olympic medal (born in Al-Husn)<ref>((cite web|author=Paul Reinhard|date=25 July 1984|title=Joe Atiyeh will wrestle for Syria to compete at 198 pounds the road to Los Angeles|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1984-07-25-2434825-story.html|website=The Morning Call))</ref>
* [[Mitch Daniels]]- American politician, former Governor of Indiana (paternal grandfather was from [[Qalatiyah]])<ref>((Cite web|title=Mitch Daniels' Syrian Roots|url=https://arabindianapolis.com/mitch-daniels-syrian-roots/|website=Arabindianapolis))</ref>
* [[F. Murray Abraham|Murray Abraham]]- American Oscar-winning actor (father was from Muqlus)<ref>Obituary of [https://obits.ocregister.com/obituaries/orangecounty/obituary.aspx?n=adele-hendricks-bobbie&pid=194874159 ''Adele Hendricks Abraham'' (1923-2019)], aunt of Murray Abraham, where it is stated she, three of her sisters and her brother Fred Abraham were born in Myklos, in today's Syria. Obituary of [https://oklahoman.com/article/2239025/marion-abraham-unsell ''Marion Abraham Unsell (1914-1998)''], aunt of Murray Abraham, who died in El Paso in 1988 where it says she was born in Myklos in today's Syria</ref>
* [[William Hanna]]-creator of Tom & Jerry (father is from Habnamrah)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTR-hPyVsOo&t=633s</ref>
* [[John X of Antioch]]- [[List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch|Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch]] (father is from [[Marmarita]])<ref>((Cite web|title=The Biography of His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East|url=http://ww1.antiochian.org/biography-his-beatitude-john-x-patriarch-antioch-and-all-east|website=Antiochian.org))</ref>
* [[Yusuf al-Khal|Yusuf Al-Khal]]- Lebanese-Syrian poet and journalist, pioneer of Arabic surrealist poetry (born in Al-Husn)<ref>((Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature, Volume 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DbCFBX6b3eEC&dq=Yusuf+al-Khal+amar&pg=PA429|pages=429|isbn = 9780415185721|last1 = Meisami|first1 = Julie Scott|last2 = Starkey|first2 = Paul|year = 1998| publisher=Taylor & Francis ))</ref>
* [[Teri Hatcher]]- American actress (maternal grandfather was from [[Safita]] near Wadi al-Nasara)<ref>Obituary of ''[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43570558/obituary-for-isbir-beshur/ Isbir Bashur (1896-1959)].'' Terri Hatcher's grandfather was born in Safita, Syria</ref>
* [[Zerefeh Bashur]]- first licensed female physician in the Levant (born in Safita)<ref>((Cite web|title=The Alumni Record of the University of Illinois, Chicago Departments: Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Pharmacy|year = 1921|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qTogAQAAMAAJ&q=Safita&pg=PA177|page=117))</ref>
*[[Elissa (singer)|Elissa]]- Lebanese singer (mother is from Wadi al-Nasara)<ref>((Cite web|title=Lebanese singer Elissa: I am against the Assad regime|url=https://baladi-news.com/ar/articles/72177/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7-%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B6%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AF|website=Baladi News (in Arabic)))</ref>
* [[Nadine Al Rassi]]- Lebanese actress (mother is from Marmarita)<ref>((cite web|date=1 October 2014|title=نادين الراسي: أرفض أن تمارس ابنتي المساكنة.. وسأتفادى النقص في تجربتي السورية|url=http://www.sns.sy/ar/node/9137|website=Syrian News Station|language=Arabic))</ref>

==See also==
* [[Antiochian Greek Christians]]
* [[Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch]]
* [[Eastern Orthodoxy in Syria]]
* [[Eastern Orthodoxy in Lebanon]]

==References==
((more citations needed|date=October 2021))
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