Jbeil – Saint John Marcus

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Monastery of Saint John Marcus Jbeil Lebanese Maronite Order, Byblos, Lebanon

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مار يوحنا مرقس - جبيل

1115

Jbayl

Jbeil

Mount Lebanon

A beautiful Romanesque church, Eglise Saint Jean Marc is the cathedral church of Jbail-Byblos. The Church is dedicated to Saint Jean Mark, the patron saint of the town, who is said to have founded the first Christian community of Byblos. The church itself was built in 1115 A.D by the Crusaders, originally as the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist. After their departure, earthquakes, invasions and other disasters have repeatedly damaged the structure, and for a few centuries it remained disused. In 1764, Emir Youssef Chehab, of the Druze dynasty that ruled a semi- autonomous Lebanon under the Ottomans, donated the church to L’Ordre Libanais Maronite (Lebanese Maronite Order) which subsequently restored and reopened in 1776 after re-dedicating it to St Jean Marc. British bombardments of Lebanon in 1840 caused further damage, but the church was restored yet again. Eglise Saint Jean Marc continues to serve the Maronite Christian community. One interesting feature in the church is its open- air domed baptistery on the northern side which dates from the original construction in 1115 A.D, The church is situated on Rue de Port, between the port and the archaeological area.

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بناها الصليبيون في القرن الثاني عشر. كانت قديمًا مغطات بالكامل بجداريات بيزنطيّة لم يسلم منها سوى القليل رممت سنة ٢٠١٢.
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ويتابع الدويهي قائلاً أن الموارنة شيَّدوا عندئذٍ عدَّة كنائس إحتفالاً بإنتصارهم هذا، ورسموا صوراً تخليداً له. وهناك مقطع لا يزال مرئياً في الاطار الذي يعلو صورة رقاد العذراء. ومن ذلك العهد العائد الى ما بعد العام 1266 يمكننا ان نرى صورةً للعذراء جالسةً وحاملةً طفلها. هذه القصة سردها الدويهي في كتاب تاريخ الازمنة.

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Built by the Crusaders during the twelve century and covered entirely by byzantine frescoes (few remain today) and restored in 2012.
This church was mentioned by patriarch Al Douaihy, in his book Tarikh Alazmina when he depicted syriac engravings on the frescoes narrating a Maronite victory over the Mamluk sultan named Bybars upon his assult on Tripoli in 1266, this information allowed Douwaihy to date the frescoes, and explains the military structure of the church. This event is still visible in the frame of the Madona’s fresco dedicating the church to the great victory of the Maronites.