Located just before Marmarita is the Deir Mar Jurjus, St. George's Convent. This area is called Valley of the Christians, and has been a center for the Greek Orthodox sect since the beginning of Christianity. St. George's convent/monastery was built by hermits in the late 5th century AD (although some say in the 6th century AD under the Emperor Justinian. However, parts of the convent were built in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. 

This monastery has two chapels; one was built in the 13th century and contains an iconostasis in ebony wood, while the other was built in 1857. The convent contains the shrine of St. George, which was built in the 5th century. It also contains a copy of a document written by Caliph Omar Ibn Al Khattab dating back to the 14th year after the Hegirah (Mohammad's (P) immigration from Mecca to Medinah in 615 AD, which is the starting year of the Islamic lunar calendar). The convent contains many beautiful icons dating far back.