Some 30 klm from Damascus, the village is spread out over a hilltop, and is surrounded by vineyards and olive groves.
It has a famous monastery founded in 547, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. The name of the village itself,
“Seid Naya” in Syriac means “Our Lady” & the Aramic language means the Hunt of Ghazel .
The monastery contains a portrait of the Virgin believed to have been painted by St. Luke.
