كنيسة مار إسطفانوس رئيس الشمامسة وأوّل الشهداء - بحديداتهي بقايا لكنيسةٍ أثريّةٍ مكرّسة على اسم مار إسطفانوس، بُنيت على أنقاض رومانيّة أواسط القرن الثاني أو الثالث عشر. تتميّز بشكلها الدائريّ.The ruins of St Stephen’s church in Bhdeidat belong to and old medieval church that dates back to the twelfth or thirteenth century. The church is built on top of roman ruins, and it is unique with its rotunda shape
دير مار الياس - انطلياس, Square، Antelias, Lebanon
كنيسة مار الياس
Antelias
Metn
Mount Lebanon
كنيسة مار الياس - أنطلياس
بُنيت الكنيسة كمزارٍ صغيرِ مُكرّس للنبيّ إيليّا فوق معبدٍ رومانيّ في القرن الخامس. أعاد المردة توسيع البناء الأوّل في القرن العاشر. بعد تأسيس دير سيّدة طاميش سنة ١٦٨٥ كان المطران جبرائيل البلوزاوي (البطريرك لاحقًا) يرسل راهباً ليخدم الرعيّة. سنة ١٧٢٣ سلّم البطريرك يعقوب عوّاد كنيسة مار الياس وجميع املاك الدير واوقافه الى الرهبنة الانطونيّة. شهدت كنيسة الدّير سنة ١٨٢٠ وسنة ١٨٤٠ على قسم عاميّتين إجتمعت فيهما كافة الأطياف من جبل لبنان تنديدًا بجور الأمير بشير الثاني. سنة ١٩٢٧ أخذت الكنيسة شكلها الحاليَ ورُمّمت أخيرًا سنة ٢٠٠٠.
The Church of St. Elijah - Antelias
The church was initially constructed as a small shrine atop a Roman pagan temple in the 5th century. During the 10th century, the Maradaites expanded the original shrine. After Bishop Gebrayel El Blousawi (later patriarch) established the Tamish monastery in 1685, he assigned one of its monks to serve the Antelias parish. In 1723, Patriarch Jacob Awad generously donated the church, monastery, and all associated lands to the Antonine Maronite Order. The Church of St. Elias played a significant role in two revolutionary agreements between representatives of Mount Lebanon's denominations, opposing the oppressive rule of Prince Beshir II in 1820 and 1840. The church acquired its present form in 1927 and underwent restoration in 2000.
الكنيسة مبنيّة أوائل القرن الثامن عشر، تسلّمتها الرهبانيّة اللبنانيّة المارونيّة سنة ١٧٩٢، وكانت الكنيسة متهدّمة فرممّتها، وقامت بخدمة شركاء آل أبي اللمع المسيحيّين. سنة ١٨٢٩ وسّع الرهبان بناء الكنيسة التي أخذت شكلها الحاليّ سنة ١٩٢٩: نمط بازيليكيّ مسقوف بسوقٍ واحد. للرهبانيّة أنطش بالقرب من الكنيسة تتابع من خلاله النشاط الرعويّ والرسوليّ. تضمّ الكنيسة العديد من اللوحات والأعمال الفنيّة القديمة والحديثة من مدارس مختلفة، أهمّها لوحة القدّيسة تقلا لحبيب سرور.
The church of St Thecla - Mrouj
The first church was built in the early XVIIIth century, and was given as a donation to the Lebanese Maronite Order in 1792 to restore it and give pastoral care to the maronite subjects of the Abi Al Lamah lords. In 1829 the monks enlarged the church and it took its current form in 1929: a single roofed nave basilical plan. The Order built a presbytery near the church and serves the parish spiritual needs. The church is decorated with many old and new works of art from different schools, the most important being the painting of St Thecla behind the altar.
The convent’s ancient origin is attached to a legend. A rich man of the region committed adultery; filled with remorse, he attached a padlocked iron chain to his ankle and threw the key into the sea-shore and survived on the fish brought to him by local fishermen, who called him the guardian of the cavern. One day, a fisherman brought him a fish, in whose entrails the hermit found the key of the padlock. He knew then that God had delivered him from his suffering, and he built a convent above the cavern. He dedicated it to The Mother of God, but it also took the name of the Guardian.
The daily life of the convent is regulated by the flow of visitors who come to fulfill vows and make prayers. Sister Catherine al-Jamal is the principal resident of Dayr al-Natour, and she has done everything within her power to restore it.
According to the Crusader document, the Monastery of the Presentation of Our Lady Natour was built by Cistercians. Indeed, the Church interior resembles that of the Cistercian Church of Balamand, built in 1157. Otherwise, the history of Dayr al-Natour is hidden in obscurity, although it is said that the local Orthodox community took it over after the departure of the Crusaders. Its name is almost unmentioned by historical sources during the Mamluk and most of the Ottoman period, although it is reported that French corsairs attacked the Monastery at the beginning of the eighteenth century and killed a monk.
In 1838, the Ottoman authorities gave permission to the Monastery to be rebuilt. In the second half of the nineteenth century, it contained several monks and a superior, and it possessed fifteen dunums of land. During the First World War, it was bombarded by a Russian ship. A few years later, the Monastery lost its last Superior, Basilios Debs, who became Archbishop of Akkar. After his departure, monastic life ended at Dayr al-Natour.
During the twentieth century, the deserted monastery became a refuge for shepherds from the neighboring regions. In 1973, Sister Catherine al-Jamal moved to Dayr al-Natour and began to restore it from its ruin.
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