نبع الأربعين شهيد - اليمّونة
هو نبعُ ماءٍ طبيعيّ بقربه آثار رومانيّة. هذه الآثار تحوّلت إلى كنيسةٍ وديرٍ في العهد البيزنطيّ، وحافظ المكان على الإسم الذي يشير إلى شهداء سبسطية الأربعون. "
The Fountain of the Forty Martyrs - Yammouneh"
The fountain is a natural water source. Near the source, the Romans built some structures that were later converted into a church and a monastery during the Byzantine era. The ruins of the buildings are still visible, and the place has retained its dedication to the forty martyrs of Sebastopolis.
Monastery of our lady of deliverance- El Cherfeh DAroun harissa, Harissa, Lebanon
دير سيّدة النجاة الشرفة - درعون
Daraaoun
Keserwan
Mount Lebanon
كانت قمّة الشرفة تخصّ مشايخ آل خازن. وقد باعوها عام ١٧٥٤ إلى القس يوسف مارون الطرابلسي بشرط أن يبني مدرسة. بعد إنتخابه بطريركًا سريانيًّا في ماردين وهربه من الإضهاد إثر إعلانه الشركة مع الكنيسة الكاثوليكيّة، إشترى البطريرك إغناطيوس جروة دير الشرفة عام ١٧٨٦ وجعله كرسيًّا له ونقل إليه أيقونة سيّدة النجاة المقدسيّة التي رافقته في ترحاله. يُعدّ هذا الدير المقر البطريركيّ للسريان الكاثوليك، كما ويضمّ مدرسة لتعليم الأولاد وإكليريكيّة.
The hill of Sharfe was a property of the Khazen feudal lords. In 1754 the parcel of land was sold to the monk Joseph Maroun from Tripoli to build a school. After he was elected Syriac patriarch in Mardin, Mor Ignatius Jarwe proclaimed communion with the Roman Catholic Church. For this, he was then persecuted and obliged to leave his homeland. He finally settled in Charfe and bought the old school transforming it into a patriarcal seat bringing in an icon of Our Lady of Deliverance from Jerusalem. Since then the monastery became a patriarcal seat with a school and a seminary.
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.
سنة ١٧٠٣ جاء قرار بناء دير مار روحانا، وكان ديرًا مشتركًا للرهبان والعابدات، في موضع مدرسةٍ قديمة لتعليم الأحداث على اسم السيّدة. وسّعه البطريرك طوبيّا الخازن ليكون مقرًّا له خلال إقامته في كسروان. سنة ١٧٧٥ ترهّب في الدير قيس بن رامح الخازن وهو المطران جرمانوس الخازن رئيس أساقفة دمشق. في ٢٥ أيلول ١٨٢٦ فصل البطريرك يوسف حبيش الرهبان عن الدير. رُمّم الدير على عدّة مراحل آخرها سنة ٢٠١٦ حين كُرّس المذبح الجديد. الدير وقف بعناية آل زوين تحت ولاية البطريركيّة المارونيّة.
The Monastery of St. Rouhana is located in Al Baqi'a - Aramoun.
In 1703, a decision was made to build a joint monastery for monks and nuns on the site of an old school dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Patriarch Tobia El Khazen renovated it to use as his residence during his stay in Keserwan. On September 25, 1826, Patriarch Youssef Hobeish separated the monks from the monastery. The monastery underwent several stages of renovation, with the last one in 2016 when the new altar was consecrated. The monastery is under the jurisdiction of the Maronite Patriarchate and is entrusted to the care of the Zwein family.
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