كنيسة مار الياس - بجرّينهي البناء الوحيد الباقي من قرية بجرّين التي هُجرت على إثر الحرب العالميّة الأولى. تعود للعهد الصليبيّ، وهي محافِظة على طابعها القديم فلا توجد فيها قبّة جرس. بناؤها بسيط، وتظهر على جدرانها بقايا جداريّات مخفيّة تحت طبقة الكلس.The church of St Elias - BjerrinIt is the only standing building in tbe village of Bjerrin that was abandoned after the World War I. The church dates back to the times of the Crusades, and still preserves a modest architecture without a bell tower. On the walls are visible the remains of medieval frescoes under a layer of stuco.
Saint Jacob Monastery (Couvent Saint Jacques), Karm Saddeh, Lebanon
دير مار يعقوب وكنيسة مار أنطونيوس البادوانيّ
Karm Saddeh
Zgharta
North
دير مار يعقوب وكنيسة مار أنطونيوس البادوانيّ – كرم سدّه
الدير كان قديمًا هيكلًا وثنيًّا رومانيًّا. تاريخ البناء الأوّل مجهول. سكنه اليعاقبة وتركوه في القرن الخامس عشر فأصبح خرابًا. جدّده عام ١٨٣٧ المطران بولس موسى رئيس أساقفة طرابلس لجعله كرسيًّا أسقفيًّا ومدرسة إكليركيّة لـمار أنطونيوس البادوانيّ، الذي على اسمه شُيّدت الكنيسة. عام ١٨٨٤ شيّد المطران إسطفان عواد الجهة الشرقية وجدّد عام ١٨٧٩ الإكليركيّة. عام ١٩١٢ وسّعه المطران أنطون عريضة، لكنّ الإكليريكيّة أغلقت أبوابها مع الحرب العالميّة الأولى إلى أن عادت لتفتح أبوابها سنة ١٩١٩. زارها عام ١٩٢٠ المفوّض السامي الفرنسي الجنرال غورو . شيّد المطران أنطون عبد عام ١٩٦٠ قسمًا جديدًا من الدير، وعام ١٩٩٦ بُني البناء الجديد. ضمّ هذا البناء سنة ١٩٩٨ كليّة العلوم اللاهوتية والدراسات الرعائية في الجامعة الأنطونيّة، بسعي المطران يوحنّا فؤاد الحاج.
Saint Jacob Monastery and Saint Anthony Padua Church - Karm Saddeh
The monastery was originally an ancient Roman pagan structure. The exact date of its initial construction is unknown. It was inhabited by the Jacobites and abandoned in the 15th century, falling into ruins. It was renovated in 1837 by Archbishop Paul Moussa, the head of the Archdiocese of Tripoli, to serve as an episcopal see and a seminary for Saint Anthony Padua, after whom the church was named. In 1884, Archbishop Estephan Awwad constructed the eastern side and renovated the seminary in 1879. In 1912, Archbishop Antoine Arida expanded it further, but the seminary closed its doors during World War I and reopened in 1919. It was visited by the French High Commissioner General Gouraud in 1920. Archbishop Antoine Abed built a new section of the monastery in 1960, and in 1996, a new building was constructed, which included the Faculty of Theology and Pastoral Studies at Antonine University, under the guidance of Archbishop Youhanna Fouad El-Hage.
بُني المقرّ البطريركيّ في الربوة سنة ١٩٧٦ على عهد البطريرك مكسيموس الخامس حكيم. داخل المقرّ كابيلا على اسم القدّيسة حنّة جدّة الإله، والمُميّز في هذه الكنيسة أنّها تحفة فنيّة مكسوّة بالكامل بجداريّات تمثّل مواضيع كتابيّة جمّة وأيقونات قدّيسين. الجداريّات من عمل الإيقونوغرافيّ الرومانيّ كوستيل ميسو سنة ٢٠٠٢. The Patriarchal residence of the Greek Melkite Catholics - Rabwe
The Patriarchal residence was built in Rabwe in 1976 during the pontificate of Patriarch Maximos V Hakim. Inside the residence lies a chapel dedicated to St Anne, the grandmother of the Lord, which is completely covered with frescoes. The church is the masterpeice of the Romanian iconograpger Costel Micu in 2002. The frescoes represent various biblical scenes and icons of saints.
House and the Church of St. God's grace (Neamtallah) Hardini Lebanese Maronite Order, Hardine, Lebanon
بيت وكنيسة القديس نعمة الله الحرديني
Hardine
Batroun
North
Hardine’s name is derived from the Syriac language meaning ‘pious’, Witness of justice, Ardent in faith and Square of religion.
It is located about 1100m. above sea level. A large area of very thick forests surrounds it and the following ruins of its inveterate past decorate its mountain terraces:
-The «rocky tile of Hardine» with its marine fossils and its unique length of 350 m along a slope to the west and its width of nearly l00m. Some one said, «The three most beautiful in Mount Lebanon are the valley of Kannoubine, The Palace of Beit Eddine and the tile of Hardine».
–The Temple of God Mercury With 30 majestic pillars built according to the rare ionic style. This temple known as «the roman Palace of Hardine». It’s a really fantastic one; it goes back to the time of Emperor Hadrian Augustus (117-137 A.D).
-“St Fawka’s” monastery (6th century)
-“Patriarchal monastery” since the Maronites came to Lebanon, known as “St. Sergios Alkarn”.
-“St John Alchakf” monastery, since the days of the Crusaders.
-“St Taqla” church in Beit Kassab square. It was the father of St Hardidni, who first started its renovation in the 19th Century.
-The church and hermitage of “St Stephan” in a hollow in a light rock over the Plain of Al Jawz River.
-The ruins of “St Richa’s” monastery, where the Syriac Diocese was moved between 1384 and 1598.
-The hermitages of “St Joseph”, “Ste Anne”, “St Ephram” the Syriac, “St Jacob Jesus’ brother” and “the pottery monastery” in the hollows of Kfarshira, and “the Lady of the Castle” in the hollow of the water spring.
-The Church of “St. Georges and Edna” which is distinguished Christian inscriptions (fish and cross).
-The churches of “St Elias”, “St Challita and Nohra” in the hollows engraved in the rocks, the old parish churches, like “St. Sergios and Bacchus” (rebui1t in 1932). “the Lady of deliverance” (rebuilt in 1948). The current one is St. Shayna” (1844), and finally the church of “St. Tadros” with its maronite alter, The two rebuilt churches of “St. Antonios of Padova” (1907), “St. Thomas” (1950) and the church of “Ste Theresa of the Baby Jesus” (1946).
-The monastery of St. Hardini» built with the donations of the people from Hardine in Lebanon and all over the world.
– Hardine is the hometown of one of Lebanon’s four saints, Saint Nimatullah Hardini (1808-58) who was canonised by Roman Catholic Pope John Paul II in 2004.
The village is naturally protected by the valleys and the rocky mountains around it making it an ideal place for the then new religion (Christianity) to flourish.
Legend has it that in 270AD, a Roman official imprisoned his daughter in Hardine for converting to Christianity. She converted many others in Hardine to the Christian faith.
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