Liftaya

Liftaya
لفتايا
Village
Liftaya
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°39′22″N 36°27′38″E / 34.656166°N 36.460499°E / 34.656166; 36.460499
Country  Syria
Governorate Homs Governorate
District Homs District
Nahiyah Khirbet Tin Nur
Population (2004 census)[1]
 • Total 2,047
Time zone UTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (EEST)

Liftaya (Arabic: لفتايا‎, also spelled Laftaya) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs near Lake Homs. Nearby localities include Wujuh al-Hajar to the southeast, Khirbet Ghazi, Khirbet al-Sawda and Khirbet Tin Nur to the northeast. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Liftaya had a population of 2,047 in the 2004 census.[1]

Inscribed stone lintels discovered at the town helped in studying and dating the Christianization process of Emesa and its surrounding countryside. Lintels from the Palladis household, dated to 449/450 attest to clear pagan traditions. The first waves of Christianization came in the 460s, when lintels bearing crosses were discovered with increasing numbers alongside pagan ones. The full Christinization of the village is dated to 508/510 at the time when the village's first church was built.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ↑ Trombley, Frank R. (2001). Hellenic Religion and Christianization, C. 370-529, Volume 2. BRILL. p. 154. ISBN 9780391041219.
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