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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.
Taalabaya (Arabic: تعلبايا), is a village located in the Zahlé District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. History. In 1838, ...
Tell Taalabaya is an archaeological site 2.5 km southwest of the bridge at Maalaka in the Beqaa Mohafazat (Governorate) in Lebanon. It dates at least to the Neolithic . [1]
St. Elijah's Church, ... St Elias Orthodox church, Budhanoor, Kerala; Iraq. Dair Mar Elia, a monastery near Mosul; Israel ... Lebanon Cathedral of Saint Elias and ...
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 ...
Today the valley makes up 40 percent of Lebanon's arable land. [5] The northern end of the valley, with its scarce rainfall and less fertile soils, is used primarily as grazing land by pastoral nomads. Farther south, more fertile soils support crops of wheat, maize, cotton, and vegetables, with vineyards and orchards centered on Zahlé.
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Its eparchial seat is the city of Sidon, where is located the Saint Elias Cathedral. The territory is divided into 104 parishes and in 2014 there were 156,000 Maronite Catholics. History. The eparchy dates from the beginning of the Maronite Church, united to the See of Tyre. The first information about the Eparchy of Sidon is related to 1626 ...