Book: From the Holy Mountain Author: William Dalrymple Year: 1997 Bookhad Rating:  The Convent of Seidnaya, Syria, 11th September 1994 When the travel writer Colin Thubron visited the convent in 1966, he claimed to have witnessed a miracle: to have seen the face of the icon of Notre Dame de Seidnaya stream with tears. In the same... Continue Reading →