Syrian monastery blends Christian and Sufi traditions with sweet mulberries

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Syria's Mar Musa monastery offers exceptionally sweet mulberries and hosts interfaith services. The monastery, north of Damascus, is known for its restoration, the disappearance of its former priest, and its monks' interfaith work. The author discovered a mulberry tree and later attended a prayer service blending Christian and Sufi traditions.


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