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The Greek Orthodox monastery lies next to a Maronite monastery also dedicated to Elias, which belongs to the Mariamite (previously Aleppine) order. [4] The monastery is a summer residence of the patriarchate, and meetings of the Holy Antiochian Synod are regularly held there. St. Elias Shwayya also remains a popular place of pilgrimage.
Facing the monastery is a stone bench erected by the wife of the painter William Holman Hunt (1827–1910), who painted some of his major works at this spot. The bench is inscribed with biblical verses in Hebrew, Greek, Arabic and English. [7] Since the 4th century, the monks of Mar Elias have cultivated olives and grapes. [8]
St. George Monastery, Mahardah; Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Kafr Ram, Homs; St John the Baptist Monastery, Aleppo; Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery, Saidnaya; Convent of Our Lady, Saidnaya [6] St. Elias Monastery (Deir Mar Elias), Saidnaya; Cherubim Convent (Deir Cherubim-Shirubeim), Saidnaya; Saint Thekla Convent , Maaloula; Saint George ...
The Monastery of Saint Elijah, or Dair Mar Elia (Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܝܠܝܐ; Arabic: دير مار إيليا), was located in Mosul, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Established in the late 6th century, it was one of Iraq's oldest monasteries.
Chernihiv is famous for its three monasteries: Yeletskyi Monastery, St. Elias Monastery, and Trinity Cathedral Monastery. The monasteries are south of the city center in the area of Boldyni Hory . [ 8 ]
Diocese of Arthoussa: Elias Toumeh (2011–), Auxiliary Bishop in Marmarita, Archdiocese of Akkar; Diocese of Zabadani: Constantine Kayal (2011–), Abbot of St Elias – Shwayya Patriarchal Monastery; Diocese of Palmyra: Youhanna Haikal (2011–), Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Germany and Central Europe
A. Basile, The New Monastery of St. Elias and St. Philaret at Seminara in ASCL XIV, 1945, n. 2; N. Ferrante, The Monastery of St. Elianovo and Philaretos Seminara in Historica XXXII (1979); Anonymous (Monaco), Life and Works Of Our Holy Father Elijah Young (Siculus) (ed. editorial and translation into modern Greek Monaco Hagiorite Cosma ...
Elias I of Jerusalem (died 516), 5th-century Patriarch of Jerusalem; Elias and companions (died 309), group of Egyptian Christian martyrs (d.309) Ignatius Elias III, a Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch who is a saint in the Syriac Orthodox Church