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Taalabaya (Arabic: تعلبايا), is a village located in the Zahlé District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. History. In 1838, ...
The Patriarchal Monastery of Saint Elias – Shwayya (or Deir Mar Elias Shwayya; [1] Arabic: دير مار إلياس شويّا البطريركيّ) [2] is a stauropegic monastery of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, [3] perched atop a sandstone cliff in the Matn District, thirty-one kilometers from Beirut.
In October 1790, a Catholic bishop of Zahlé assisted at a council held in the Convent of Saint-Sauveur. [4] The Diocese of Zahle is identical with that of Forzol, under which name it often appears. Since the 1849 Council of Jerusalem, the bishop bears the titles of Forzol, Zahle, and Beqaa. Since 1768 his residence has been at Zahle. [5]
The cathedral with the bishop's palace were built during the episcopate of Germanos Mouakkad; the church was consecrated by Eparch Agapitos Malouf in 1897. Bishop Germanos Mouakkad was the founder of the Society of the Missionaries of St. Paul. On November 18, 1964 this eparchy was elevated to the rank of archeparchy.
The territory of the archeparchy includes Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, and its environs; much of Mount Lebanon governorate (to the north Antelias, Jounieh, and Byblos; to the east Baabda, Broumana, and Bikfaya) and south to part of Chouf District. [2] The archeparchy has an estimated population of 200,000 Melkite faithful in 2015.
Cathedral of St. Louis in Beirut (Latin Church) Saint George's Cathedral in Beirut (Maronite Church) Cathedral of St. Elias Beirut (Melkite Greek Catholic Church) Cathedral of St. Maroun in Zgharta; St. Elie-St. Gregory the Illuminator Patriarchal Cathedral in Beirut (Armenian Catholic Church) Cathedral of St. John Mark in Byblos (Maronite ...
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The headquarters of the archeparchy (archdiocese) is Haifa, where the Saint Elias Cathedral is located. The Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Akka counted 73,921 baptised members, [ 1 ] and had a territory subdivided into thirty-seven parishes in 2022.