Darayya is a suburb of Damascus in Syria, the centre of Darayya lying 8 km south-west of the centre of Damascus. Administratively it belongs to Rif Dimashq.

Gregory III Laham, B.S., Emeritus Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and Jerusalem, is the former spiritual leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. He was elected on November 29, 2000, succeeding Patriarch Maximos V Hakim. He retired on May 6, 2017.