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Webmasters: Utilize the Blog RSS Feed

Need some fresh content for your website? Want to help us promote the Damascus Summer Encounter program? You can add the Damascus Summer Encounter blog feed to your website: feed://www.syriasummer.org/?q=blog/feed

The blog will be update by both staff and participants with articles, reflections, photos and updates on the next Damascus Summer Encounter program.

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Damascus Summer Encounter is a program jointly coordinated by Middle East Fellowship, a U.S. based 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East.

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Facts About Damascus

  • Damascus is believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.
  • Shi'ia Muslims make pilgrimages to Damascus to several important mosques.
  • Saint Paul was converted to Christianity "on the road to Damascus".
  • The largest restaurant in the world is located in Damascus (according to the Guinness Book of World Records).
  • The old city of Damascus has seven gates or main entrances.