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كنيسة مار الياس الحيّ
Mayrouba
Keserwan
Mount Lebanon
Visited 2695 times, 3 Visits today
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Eglise Saint Elie Mayrouba, Mayrouba, Lebanon
كنيسة مار الياس الحيّ
Mayrouba
Keserwan
Mount Lebanon
Visited 2695 times, 3 Visits today
Fradis, Lebanon
كنيسة مار روكز
Fraikeh
Zgharta
North
كنيسة مار روكز - الفراديس
الكنيسة الأولى هي محبسة في أعلى القرية تعود للقرون الوسطى. بُنيت الكنيسة الحاليّة وسط البلدة في القرن التاسع عشر، هي كنيسة صغيرة بعقدٍ مصالب، قبّتها تعود لسنة ١٩٥٤. تضم الكنيسة لوحةً لمار روكز عمل حنّا رفوّل دحدح سنة ١٩٥٧. على بيت القربان نقشٌ لطائر الفينيق رمزٌ القيامة.
The church of St Roch - Fradis
The first church was a medieval hermitage on the edge of the village. In the mid XIXth century the current church was built in the middle of the vill’age. The structure consists of a single small crossed vault, the bell tower was added in 1954. The church holds a painting of St Roch by Hanna Raffoul Dahdah from 1957. The tabernacle has a phoenix engraving on it’s door symbolizing Ressurection.
Paroisse Sainte Thérèse Beit-Mery Mansouriyeh, Lebanon
Mansouriyet El-Matn
Metn
Mount Lebanon
Hermel, Lebanon
دير مار مارون على نهر العاصي
Hermel
Hermel
Baalbek-Hermel
The monastery of St Maroun on the Orontes - Hermel
The monastery was originally a natural cave consisting of three sections, it was expanded by Roman builders working in nearby stone quarries. It is situated above Ain El Zarqa, one of the sources of the Orontes River, and connected to the river via a corridor carved into the mountainside. This was used to fetch water and provide a hiding place during enemy attacks. In the VIth century, Maronite monks sought refuge in the cave after facing persecution in northern Syria, where their monastery was destroyed and its contents dispersed. The monks expanded the cave and carved an altar, turning the cave into a new monastery. This marked the beginning of the Maronite migration to the mountains of Lebanon along the Orontes River. Over time, the monastery was neglected and became an abandoned farm. In 2011, it was visited by Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi and has since been restored in 2018, returning to the Maronite Church. The monastery serves as a testament to the spread and perseverance of the Maronite Church in the Levant.
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