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Mansouriyet El-Matn
Metn
Mount Lebanon
Visited 1872 times, 5 Visits today
Paroisse Sainte Thérèse Beit-Mery Mansouriyeh, Lebanon
Mansouriyet El-Matn
Metn
Mount Lebanon
Visited 1872 times, 5 Visits today
Deir Al-Ahmar, Lebanon
كنيسة مار يوحنّا المعمدان
Deir El-Ahmar
Baalbek
Baalbek-Hermel
كنيسة مار يوحنّا المعمدان - المشيتية
بُنيت الكنيسة سنة ١٨٧٢ بعناية الخوري جرجس خليفة. البناء كناية عن عقدٍ مُصالب بحنية نصف دائريّة. رُمّم البناء أواخر القرن العشرين.
The church of St John the Baptist - Mcheitieh
The church was built in 1872 with the initiative of Fr. Gerges Khalifeh. The structure consists of a crossed vault with a semi circular apse. The church was restored at the end of the XXth century.
St Georges Church, Qartaba, Lebanon
كنيسة مار جرجس
Qartaba
Jbeil
Mount Lebanon
كنيسة مار جرجس - قرطبا
هي كنيسة حارة التحتا، بناها مفرّج جريس أواخر القرن التاسع عشر وجعلها وقفًا ذريًّا. لوحتها عمل كنعان ديب الدلبتاوي سنة ١٨٧٣.
The church of St George - Qartaba
It is the church of El Tahta street, built as a private chapel for the family of Moufarrej Geryes in the late XIXth century. The painting is the work of Kanaan Dib from Dlebta in 1873.
Hamatoura Monastery, Karm Saddeh, Lebanon
دير رقاد السيدة - حمطورة
Kousba
Koura
North
On the northern side of the village of Kousba, is the monastery of Our Lady of Hamatoura, built in the rocky hollow of a high cliff which overlooks the holy valley of Kadisha. Hamatoura is 84km from Beirut.
The church of Saint Jacob is the most ancient part of the monastery, belonging to the 4th century, while a large cross from the 7th century rises above the outer doorway. Some quite well preserved frescoes dating back to the middle ages cover the walls of the church, one of which shows the Holy Virgin, Queen of Heaven, seated on a throne with the Child Jesus on her knees.
Near the monastery are two venerable churches, one dedicated to Saint Michael and the other to Saint John the Baptist. On the top of the hill one can see the church of St. George. Close by the monastery is a rocky cave where one may perceive the base of a stalagmite, where barren women come to pray in the hope of bearing a child, for this grotto was dedicated to the pagan goddess of fecundity.
Late in the 13th century, at Our Lady Monastery in Hamatoura, Saint Jacob began his ascetic life. Later, when the monastery was destroyed by the Mamlukes, he reestablished monasticism along the perimeter of the ruined monastery. In time, he rebuilt the monastery, regenerating and giving renewed vigor to monastic life in the area. His spiritual briskness, vivacity, and popularity among believers drew the attention of the Mamelukes who set their minds to stop his verve and determination and force him to convert to Islam. He stubbornly refused their relentless pressures. The Mamlukes killed him and burned the church. Today, believers and pilgrims are constantly reporting his apparitions, miraculous healings and other Grace-filled deeds.
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