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Syriac language class at the Church of the Mother of God, Qamishli

Place: Qamishli · today Syria
Date: 1960s

Young men at desks in a Syriac language course of the Mother of God Syriac Orthodox church in the Al-Westa neighbourhood; the teachers include Riyad Nasrallah and the then deacon George Saliba, later archbishop. A Commons copy dates it to 1965.

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Syriac language class at the Church of the Mother of God, Qamishli

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