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Balamand Monastery, known as the "Pearl of the East." Balamand Monastery (1921) Balamand Monastery floor plan (1921) The Balamand Monastery (historically called Belmont, Bellimontis ultra Mare, or Bellus-Mons), is a monastery for the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch founded in 1157 in Balamand (Belmont), the Crusader County of Tripoli, now in the Koura District, in Northern Lebanon.
The order was founded in 1696 by five monks (including Neophytos Nasri) who left the Balamand Monastery to look for a quiet place where to better follow the rule of Saint Basil. [10]
From 1981 until 2008, he was the instructor of liturgics at the Balamand Seminary. From 1989 until 1992, and then again from 2001 until 2005, he was also the rector of the seminary. During his second term as rector, he was also the abbot of the Balamand monastery. On June 17, 2008, he was chosen as the metropolitan of Western and Central Europe.
The university's main campus is adjacent to Balamand Monastery, but it has three other campuses in Dekwaneh Beirut, Souk El Gharb and Beino Akkar. Formerly conceived as just a project in the Koura District , it fused administratively with the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) and St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology to become a full ...
Balamand Monastery; S. Saint Elias Monastery (Shwayya, Lebanon) This page was last edited on 26 February 2018, at 21:43 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Lavra, a type of monastery consisting of a cluster of cells or caves for hermits Metochion , an ecclesiastical embassy church within the Eastern Orthodox tradition Stauropegion , a monastery or parish not under the jurisdiction of the local bishop, but directly under the primate or Holy Synod of a particular Church.
Kelhat contains many educational institutes, covering the Lebanese Educational System from Primary Education to Higher Education, namely, University of Balamand, College Notre Dame du Balamand and Lady of Balamand High School.
Joseph G. Al-Zehlaoui or Joseph Zehlaoui (in Arabic جوزيف زحلاوي) was born on November 2, 1950, in Damascus, Syria to Georgi and Mathil (Baghdan) Al-Zehlaoui.. After receiving his elementary education at the St. John of Damascus and Al-Assiyeh schools in Damascus, and his secondary education at Balamand Monastery in Koura, Northern Lebanon, he studied philosophy at Lebanese ...