The Convent of our Lady of Saidnaya 3 دير سيدة صيدنايا

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يروي المؤرخون أن الأمبراطور البيزنطي يوستنيانوس الأول لما خرج بجيوشه لمهاجمة الفرس، مرّ بطريقه عبر سوريا فوصل إلى صحرائها حيث عسكر الجند مع خيولهم ومعداتهم، ولكن ما لبث أن فتك بهم العطش نظراً لقلة المياه في تلك البقاع. وفيما هم على هذه الحالة المؤلمة، إذ بأنظار الملك تقع من بعيد على غزالة شهية للصيد، فأخذ يطاردها بحماس شديد حتى أن التعب كاد أن ينهكها، فوقعت على رأس تل صخرية، ثم اتجهت صوب ينبوع ماء عذب متدفق رقراق. وهناك لم تترك الغزالة للصياد أي فرصة ليطلق السهام عليها بل فجأةً تحولت هيئتها إلى أيقونة للسيدة العذراء يشع منها نور عظيم ... وخرجت من الأيقونة يد بيضاء وامتدت عن بعد نحو الملك الصياد، وقالت له: لن تقتلني يا يوستنيانوس ... ولكنك ستشيد لي كنيسة هنا على هذه الرابية ... عادت العذراء "الغزالة ثانية" وظهرت ليوستنيانوس مرة ثانية في الحلم وأرشدته إلى تصميم فخم، ويقال أن هذا الرسم يمثل نفس الهندسة التي بني عليها هذا الدير الشريف الذي لا يزال لليوم محتفظاً بعظمته وجماله البيزنطي.

بعد رقاد الأَم كريسينا باز تقوم الأم فبرونيا نبهان بمهام رئيسة دير سيدة صيدنايا البطريركي

The Story of Construction of the Convent

It is said that Justinian I, Emperor of Byzantium, while crossing Syria with his troops either on his way to the Holy Land or on a campaign against the Persians, came to this desert, where his army encamped and soon suffered thirst for lack of water. When they despaired, the emperor saw a beautiful gazelle off in the distance. He vigorously gave chase, hunting the animal until it tired and stopped on a rocky knoll and approached a spring of fresh water, but without giving the emperor the opportunity to shoot it. Suddenly, it transformed into an icon of the Most-holy Theotokos, which shone with a brilliant light. A white hand stretched forth from it and a voice said, "No, thou shalt not kill me, Justinian, but thou shalt build a church for me here on this hill." Then the strange heavenly light and majestic figure disappeared. Upon his return, Justinian related what he had seen to his subordinates and ordered them immediately to draw up a plan for the contemplated church. After some time had passed and the architects were unable to resolve the problems of the plan, the Holy Virgin — the gazelle — reappeared to Justinian in a dream and confided a magnificent plan to him for a convent, of which she would be the protectress. It is said that the basic structure of the convent follows this plan to this day. The convent soon gained such renown that it came to be ranked second only to Jerusalem as a place of pilgrimage, and nuns from every corner of Syria, Egypt, and other lands flocked to it. The holy Icon El Chagoura appeared many years after the convent was constructed.

http://stpaulbrisbane.org/SaidnayaIcon.htm

http://stpaulbrisbane.org.au

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