Syria

Ma'aloula, is the last place where the people still speaks aramaich, the language of Jesus Christ. Every year in September thousands Christian pilgrims coming from all the Syria and near Lebanon .celebrates the "Holy Cross holiday", that recalls the Jesus Christ' s Cross from Saint Helen, mother of roman emperor Constantin. At sunset the young people goes up two mountains surrounding the village, one for catholic people, other for greek-orthodox. Then the youngpeople burns old tyres and remains on the hills until the dawn, then comes back to village.

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Ma'aloula, is the last place where the people still speaks aramaich, the language of Jesus Christ. Every year in September thousands Christian pilgrims coming from all the Syria and near Lebanon .celebrates the "Holy Cross holiday", that recalls the Jesus Christ' s Cross from Saint Helen, mother of roman emperor Constantin. At sunset the young people goes up two mountains surrounding the village, one for catholic people, other for greek-orthodox. Then the youngpeople burns old tyres and remains on the hills until the dawn, then comes back to village.